Happy are those whose sins are forgiven, whose wrongs are pardoned.

Save me by your power, O God; set me free by your might!

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful, because I come to you for safety. In the shadow of your wings I find protection until the raging storms are over.

But Jabez prayed to the God of Israel, "Bless me, God, and give me much land. Be with me and keep me from anything evil that might cause me pain." And God gave him what he prayed for.

David fled from the city of Gath and went to a cave near the town of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of the family heard that he was there, they joined him.

People who were oppressed or in debt or dissatisfied went to him, about four hundred men in all, and he became their leader.

He came to a cave close to some sheep pens by the road and went in to relieve himself. It happened to be the very cave in which David and his men were hiding far back in the cave.

The world was not good enough for them! They wandered like refugees in the deserts and hills, living in caves and holes in the ground.

Hear me when I cry to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your holy Temple.

I cry aloud to God; I cry aloud, and he hears me.

In times of trouble I pray to the Lord; all night long I lift my hands in prayer, but I cannot find comfort.

I call to you, LORD; help me now! Listen to me when I call to you.