Do not stay away from me! Trouble is near, and there is no one to help.

They open their mouths like lions, roaring and tearing at me.

My throat is as dry as dust, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have left me for dead in the dust.

All my bones can be seen. My enemies look at me and stare.

O LORD, don't stay away from me! Come quickly to my rescue!

Our High Priest is not one who cannot feel sympathy for our weaknesses. On the contrary, we have a High Priest who was tempted in every way that we are, but did not sin.

I am drowning in the flood of my sins; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

All of us were like sheep that were lost, each of us going his own way. But the LORD made the punishment fall on him, the punishment all of us deserved.

But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even raise his face to heaven, but beat on his breast and said, 'God, have pity on me, a sinner!'

I tell you," said Jesus, "the tax collector, and not the Pharisee, was in the right with God when he went home. For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great."

For Christ died for sins once and for all, a good man on behalf of sinners, in order to lead you to God. He was put to death physically, but made alive spiritually,

None of us can see our own errors; deliver me, LORD, from hidden faults!

Those who hate me for no reason are more numerous than the hairs of my head. My enemies tell lies against me; they are strong and want to kill me. They made me give back things I did not steal.

My mind and my body may grow weak, but God is my strength; he is all I ever need.

"My money has been returned to me," he called to his brothers. "Here it is in my sack!" Their hearts sank, and in fear they asked one another, "What has God done to us?"

People will faint from fear as they wait for what is coming over the whole earth, for the powers in space will be driven from their courses.