They repay me evil for good.I am sick with despair.13Yet when they were ill, I grieved for them.I denied myself by fasting for them,but my prayers returned unanswered.

Wake up! Rise to my defense!Take up my case, my God and my Lord.24Declare me not guilty, O Lord my God, for you give justice.Don’t let my enemies laugh about me in my troubles.25Don’t let them say, “Look, we got what we wanted!Now we will eat him alive!”

Lord God my Father,

Give me loving discernment of your Truth, protect me from this place.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen