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		</div><div style="text-align:center;">Lenten Meditation Day</div>
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<div style="text-align:center;">Psalm 143</div>
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<div style="text-align:center;">1A psalm of David.</p>
<p>LORD, hear my prayer;</p>
<p>in your faithfulness listen to my pleading;</p>
<p>answer me in your righteousness.</p>
<p>2Do not enter into judgment with your servant;</p>
<p>before you no one can be just.a</p>
<p>3The enemy has pursued my soul;</p>
<p>he has crushed my life to the ground.b</p>
<p>He has made me dwell in darkness</p>
<p>like those long dead.c</p>
<p>4My spirit is faint within me;</p>
<p>my heart despairs.d</p>
<p>5I remember the days of old;</p>
<p>I ponder all your deeds;</p>
<p>the works of your hands I recall.e</p>
<p>6I stretch out my hands toward you,</p>
<p>my soul to you like a parched land.f</p>
<p>Selah</p>
<p>7Hasten to answer me, LORD;</p>
<p>for my spirit fails me.</p>
<p>Do not hide your face from me,</p>
<p>lest I become like those descending to the pit.g</p>
<p>8In the morning let me hear of your mercy,</p>
<p>for in you I trust.</p>
<p>Show me the path I should walk,</p>
<p>for I entrust my life to you.h</p>
<p>9Rescue me, LORD, from my foes,</p>
<p>for I seek refuge in you.</p>
<p>10Teach me to do your will,</p>
<p>for you are my God.</p>
<p>May your kind spirit guide me</p>
<p>on ground that is level.</p></div>
<p><a name='more'></a><br />11For your name’s sake, LORD, give me life;</p>
<p>in your righteousness lead my soul out of distress.</p>
<p>12In your mercy put an end to my foes;</p>
<p>all those who are oppressing my soul,</p>
<p>for I am your servant.i</p>

