Lord, Lift me out of My Pit of Destruction

Lord, lift me out of my pit of destruction.

Set me free from the cycles of depression

I so frequently experience.

Rescue me from a condemning conscience;

 It fills me with doubt and despair.
 

Change my patterns of negative thinking;

 I habitually fall into distrust, worry, and fear.

Stir me from the bog of apathy

into which I frequently sink.
 

Shed your light on my pathway,

and give me firmness in my footsteps.

      --Jane Ault, Summarizing the words of the Psalmist