PSALM 38 & 39: If an elder or superior man is angry with you..

If an elder or superior man is angry with you and wants, to do you evil; go to the farm or war side where you can secluded pray at 6.30am before sunrise, read-this psalm 7 times with Psalm 39, pronounce this  Holy names as you are reading it Jesus Christ Of Nazareth for 38 and Jesus Christ Of Nazareth the son of the Living God, for 39. Fast through the day and you will know that there is God. Its prayer is the prayer under Psalm 16.


Psalm 38


Yahweh, do not angrily punish me
    or discipline me in your wrath.
        
        Your hand has struck me hard.
No healthy spot is left on my body
    because of your rage.
    There is no peace in my bones
    because of my sin.
My guilt has overwhelmed me.
    Like a heavy load, it is more than I can bear.
My wounds smell rotten.
    They fester because of my stupidity.
I am bent over and bowed down very low.
    All day I walk around in mourning.
My insides are filled with burning pain,
    and no healthy spot is left on my body.
I am numb and completely devastated.
    I roar because my heart’s in turmoil.
You know all my desires, O Adonay,
    and my groaning has not been hidden from you.
10 My heart is pounding.
    I have lost my strength.
        Even the light of my eyes has left me.
11 My loved ones and my friends keep their distance
    and my relatives stand far away because of my sickness.
12 Those who seek my life lay traps for me.
    Those who are out to harm me talk about ruining me.
    All day long they think of ways to deceive me.
13 But I am like a person who cannot hear
    and like a person who cannot speak.
14 I am like one who cannot hear
    and who can offer no arguments.
15 But I wait with hope for you, O Yahweh.
    You will answer, O Adonay, my Elohim.
16 I said, “Do not let them gloat over me.
    When my foot slips,
        do not let them promote themselves at my expense.”
17 I am ready to fall.
    I am continually aware of my pain.
18 I confess my guilt.
    My sin troubles me.
19 My mortal enemies are growing stronger.
    Many hate me for no reason.
20 They pay me back with evil instead of good,
    and they accuse me because I try to do what is good.
21 Do not abandon me, O Yahweh.
    O my Elohim, do not be so distant from me.
22 Come quickly to help me, O Adonay, my savior.

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Psalm 39


I said,
    “I will watch my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue.
    I will bridle my mouth while wicked people are in my presence.”
I remained totally speechless.
    I kept silent, although it did me no good.
    While I was deep in thought, my pain grew worse.
        
    Then I spoke with my tongue:
“Teach me, O Yahweh, about the end of my life.
    Teach me about the number of days I have left
        so that I may know how temporary my life is.
Indeed, you have made the length of my days only a few inches.
    My life span is nothing compared to yours.
    Certainly, everyone alive is like a whisper in the wind. Selah
Each person who walks around is like a shadow.
    They are busy for no reason.
        They accumulate riches without knowing who will get them.”
And now, Adonay, what am I waiting for?
    My hope is in you!
Rescue me from all my rebellious acts.
    Do not disgrace me in front of godless fools.
I remained speechless.
    I did not open my mouth
    because you are the one who has done this.
10 Remove the sickness you laid upon me.
    My life is over because you struck me with your hand.
11 With stern warnings you discipline people for their crimes.
    Like a moth you eat away at what is dear to them.
    Certainly, everyone is like a whisper in the wind. Selah
12 Listen to my prayer, O Yahweh.
    Open your ear to my cry for help.
    Do not be deaf to my tears,
    for I am a foreign resident with you,
        a stranger like all my ancestors.
13 Look away from me so that I may smile again
    before I go away and am no more.


PRAYER:

Psalm 16

1 Protect me, O El, because I take refuge in you.
2 I said to Yahweh,
    “You are my Adonay. Without you, I have nothing good.”
3 Those who lead holy lives on earth
    are the noble ones who fill me with joy.
4 Those who quickly chase after other gods multiply their sorrows.
    I will not pour out their sacrificial offerings of blood
        or use my lips to speak their names.

5 Yahweh is my inheritance and my cup.
    You are the one who determines my destiny.
6 Your boundary lines mark out pleasant places for me.
    Indeed, my inheritance is something beautiful.

7 I will praise Yahweh, who advises me.
    My conscience warns me at night.
8 I always keep Yahweh in front of me.
    When he is by my side, I cannot be moved.
9         That is why my heart is glad and my soul rejoices.
            My body rests securely
10 because you do not abandon my soul to the grave
    or allow your holy one to decay.
11 You make the path of life known to me.
    Complete joy is in your presence.
        Pleasures are by your side forever.

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