But how can I alone bear up under the burden of your hardship and strife?

With my knowledge I will speak comprehensively, and to my Creator I will ascribe righteousness.

By David. O Lord, I come before you in prayer.

I will celebrate my deliverance, and call on the name of the Lord.

If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea,

Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands?

For this reason I will praise you while I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.

Make your servant glad, for to you, O Lord, I pray!

For I raise up my hand to heaven, and say, ‘As surely as I live forever,

If I am guilty, woe to me, and if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head; I am full of shame, and satiated with my affliction.

I will not show partiality to anyone, nor will I confer a title on any man.

A song of ascents. I look up toward the hills. From where does my help come?

So Abner spoke again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground. How then could I show my face in the presence of Joab your brother?”

their troubles multiply, they desire other gods. I will not pour out drink offerings of blood to their gods, nor will I make vows in the name of their gods.

Even when you are old, I will take care of you, even when you have gray hair, I will carry you. I made you and I will support you; I will carry you and rescue you.

I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them!

I must endure the Lord’s anger, for I have sinned against him. But then he will defend my cause, and accomplish justice on my behalf. He will lead me out into the light; I will experience firsthand his deliverance.

King David replied to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for top price. I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice that cost me nothing.

This is what the sovereign Lord says: “Look I will raise my hand to the nations; I will raise my signal flag to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.

I said, “I will weep and mourn for the grasslands on the mountains, I will sing a mournful song for the pastures in the wilderness because they are so scorched no one travels through them. The sound of livestock is no longer heard there. Even the birds in the sky and the wild animals in the fields have fled and are gone.”