Prayer for protection, guidance, and pardon. A Psalm of David. Verse 1-2b “To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul. O my God, in You I trust. Do not let me be ashamed.” Verse 16-18 “Turn to me and be gracious to me, For I am lonely and afflicted. The troubles of my heart are enlarged; Bring me out of my distresses. Look upon my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins.”