Breathe the Psalms
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Take a deep breath. Read the Psalm. Contemplate the image. Pray the prayer with 7 cycles of breath. Let the Word sink in deep.
"Oh how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long." - Psalm 119:97
INHALE: I am deeply rooted EXHALE: in You, my Living Water.
INHALE: When the world around me rages, EXHALE: You are my safe place.
INHALE: You, O Lord, are a shield about me, EXHALE: my glory, the Lifter of my head.
INHALE: Lift up the light of Your face EXHALE: and shine upon me, O God.
INHALE: Your constant love is my home. EXHALE: My heart responds with joy.
INHALE: Be gracious to me in my suffering. EXHALE: Hear the sound of my pain.
INHALE: Awake to me, O God, EXHALE: and let your justice flow.
INHALE: How majestic is Your name. EXHALE: How generous is Your love.
INHALE: I praise Your name with my whole heart. EXHALE: I tell of Your goodness with joy.
INHALE: Do not forget the poor, O King. EXHALE: Incline Your ear to the oppressed.
INHALE: You are in Your holy temple. EXHALE: I can stand secure.
INHALE: When I feel like I'm alone, EXHALE: arise and come to me.
INHALE: Where are You, O God? EXHALE: Consider me and answer.
INHALE: You are a refuge for the poor. EXHALE: The God Who saves Your people.
INHALE: Make me blameless; anchored in truth. EXHALE: And I shall never be moved.
INHALE: You are all things good, EXHALE: my beautiful inheritance.
INHALE: I resolve to keep Your ways. EXHALE: Your face is ever before me.
INHALE: You saved me EXHALE: because You delight in me.
INHALE: The heavens tell of Your glory. EXHALE: The earth declares Your name.
INHALE: You answer me when I call. EXHALE: I trust in Your powerful name.
INHALE: I rejoice in Your strength and salvation. EXHALE: I am satisfied with You.
INHALE: My soul is poured out like water. EXHALE: Don't stay so far from me.
INHALE: The Lord is mine. EXHALE: I shall not want.
INHALE: The earth is Yours EXHALE: and everything in it.
INHALE: Remember not my sins. EXHALE: Remember Your endless mercy.
INHALE: I stand secure on level ground. EXHALE: I will bless the Lord.
INHALE: I believe that I will see EXHALE: the goodness of God in the land of the living.
INHALE: You lead me like a Shepherd. EXHALE: You carry me in Your arms.
INHALE: O God, Your glory thunders. EXHALE: Your voice is beauty and power.
INHALE: You turn my mourning into dancing. EXHALE: You have drawn me up.
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