Intimacy, Promise, and Threat

¹ LORD, listen closely to me and answer me, because I am poor and in need. ² Guard my life because I am faithful. Save your servant who trusts in you—you! My God! ³ Have mercy on me, Lord, because I cry out to you all day long. ⁴ Make your servant’s life happy again because, my Lord, I offer my life to you, ⁵ because, my Lord, you are good and forgiving, full of faithful love for all those who cry out to you. ⁶ Listen closely to my prayer, LORD; pay close attention to the sound of my requests for mercy. ⁷ Whenever I am in trouble, I cry out to you, because you will answer me. ⁸ My Lord! There is no one like youamong the gods! There is nothing that can compare to your works! ⁹ All the nations that you’ve made will come and bow down before you, Lord; they will glorify your name, ¹⁰ because you are awesome and a wonder-worker. You are God. Just you. ¹⁶ Come back to me! Have mercy on me! Give your servant your strength; save this child of your servant! ¹⁷ Show me a sign of your goodness so that those who hate me will see it and be put to shame show a sign that you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.