Our Psalms for Summer Study is helping me live and breathe the Psalms ... Learning to adapt the psalms for personal devotional prayers, conversing with the Psalmist, and allowing my emotions to really emerge as I pray has drawn me closer to God in a new and deepening way. Psalm 15 is probably an entrance psalm which means that the people cried out the initial questions as they approached the entrance to the Tabernacle/Temple. The priests responded with the remainder of the psalm. As you read ... the psalm, bold print on the left with my adaptation italicized on the right.
Psalm 15 ... A Psalm of David.
Adapted for Prayer from the Good News Translation
Adapted for Prayer from the Good News Translation
Lord, who may enter your Temple?
Who may worship on Zion, your sacred hill?
Who may worship on Zion, your sacred hill?
Temple Mount (present day) Courtesy of BiblePlaces.com
Those who obey God in everything
Help me, O God to be obedient
and always do what is right,
Lead me, O God to always do what’s right
whose words are true and sincere,
Fill me, O God with words that truthful and sincere
and who do not slander others.
Keep me, O God from speaking falsely against others.
They do no wrong to their friends
Assist me, O God to always do right by my friends
nor spread rumors about their neighbors.
Help me, O God to always do right by everyone else too!
They despise those whom God rejects,
Free me, O God from thinking I know whom you reject
but honor those who obey the Lord.
Fill me, O God with respect for your obedient servants
They always do what they promise,
Enable me, O God to do what I say I will do
no matter how much it may cost.
Protect me, O God from the pain of my righteous actions
They make loans without charging interest
Create in me, O God a giving and generous heart
and cannot be bribed to testify against the innocent.
Keep me, O God from being tempted to speak against the guiltless
Whoever does these things will always be secure. AMEN …
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