THE POET'S QUARRY

I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and ...

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; my ears You have opened, burnt offering and sin offering You did not require. Then I said: "...

Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O LORD; let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me. For innumerable evils h...