Exilic Psalms

Psalms 109:21-25

• Fasting

But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. read more I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. show less

Psalms 103:4

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

Psalms 119:36

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

Psalms 137:9

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.