Psalm 6 and Luke 18:1–8

PSALM 6

¹   O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger, 
          or discipline me in your wrath. 
²   Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; 
          O LORD, heal me, for my bones are shaking with terror. 
³   My soul also is struck with terror, 
          while you, O LORD — how long?

⁴   Turn, O LORD, save my life; 
          deliver me for the sake of your steadfast love. 
⁵   For in death there is no remembrance of you; 
          in Sheol who can give you praise?

⁶   I am weary with my moaning; 
          every night I flood my bed with tears; 
          I drench my couch with my weeping. 
⁷   My eyes waste away because of grief;
          they grow weak because of all my foes.

⁸   Depart from me, all you workers of evil, 
          for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping. 
⁹   The LORD has heard my supplication;
          the LORD accepts my prayer. 
¹⁰  All my enemies shall be ashamed and struck with terror; 
          they shall turn back, and in a moment be put to shame.

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LUKE 18:1–8

¹Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. ²He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. ³In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, 'Grant me justice against my opponent.' ⁴For a while he refused; but later he said to himself, 'Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone, ⁵yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.'" ⁶And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says.⁷And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them? ⁸I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"