Psalms 5:8

The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.

I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice,

He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

You shall seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.

God is within her. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.

He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

Jehoshaphat was alarmed, and set himself to seek to Yahweh. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

Teach me your way, Yahweh. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.

I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.

Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

All Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found by them. Then Yahweh gave them rest all around.

“I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?

My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless Yahweh.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.

Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me your way, now, that I may know you, so that I may find favor in your sight; and consider that this nation is your people.”

But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are returning to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days: and I looked around at the people and the priests, and found there were none of the sons of Levi.

To you, Yahweh, I lift up my soul.

My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh.

Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.

Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.

Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.

You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.

See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.

In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant.

A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?

Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

“Now therefore, what do I do here,” says Yahweh, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock,” says Yahweh, “and my name is blasphemed continually all day long.

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!” says Yahweh of Armies.

For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

Listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.

Therefore he brought on them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or gray-headed. He gave them all into his hand.

For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

Show me your ways, Yahweh. Teach me your paths.

For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.

My eye has also seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me.

His heart is established. He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his adversaries.

Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.

You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.

Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.

Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.

Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.

even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

Revive me, Yahweh, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

But Yahweh of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have revealed my cause to you.

that Yahweh your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the things that we should do.”

Lord, according to all your righteousness, let your anger and please let your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around us.

But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.

You can’t both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can’t both partake of the table of the Lord and of the table of demons.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our possessions.

However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to Yahweh’s enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you will surely die.”

then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.

In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.

He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth.

My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.

Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.

The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.

Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make the way of the Lord ready! Make his paths straight!”

and make straight paths for your feet, so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.