the mystical temple of god 616 Joy: “We will rejoice in your salvation, and in the name of our God we shall be exalted” (Ps 20:6). Sadness: “My soul is troubled exceedingly: but you, O LORD, how long...? Turn to me, O LORD, and deliver my soul; o save me for your mercy’s sake” (Ps 6:4-5). Hope: “In you, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded; deliver me in your justice. Bow down your ear to me; make haste to deliver me!” (Ps 31:2-3). Fear: “Pierce my flesh with your fear; for I am afraid of your judgements” (Ps 119:120). Desire: “Lord, all my desire is before you; and my groaning is not hidden from you” (Ps 38:10). Resignation: “Make the way known to me, where I should walk: for I have lifted up my soul to you. Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD. To you have I fled. Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your good spirit shall lead me into the right land. For your name’s sake, O LORD, you will quicken in me your justice” (Ps 143:8-11). Gratitude: “I will bless the Lord at all times, His praise shall be always in my mouth” (Ps 33:2). To this are inclined the sighs: Of the Afflicted: “The troubles of my heart are multiplied: deliver me from my necessities” (Ps 25:17). Of the Penitent: “I said, I will confess against myself my injustice to the LORD; and you have forgiven the wickedness of my sin” (Ps 32:5). Of the Tempted: “O God come to my assistance: O Lord, make haste to help me” (Ps 70:2). Of the Slandered: “Let them be confounded and come to nothing that detract my soul: let them be covered with confusion and shame that seek my hurt” (Ps 71:13). Of the Assailed: “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?” (Ps 27:1).
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