You know my reproach, and my shame and my dishonor; my foes are all known to you. Reproaches have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none. They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.

Lord, no one, not even me, knows me like You do. You know all my sin, all those that beset me. You know that I cannot turn to man for comfort and solace: You know that the solutions of the world are truly poison and sour wine. It is only in You and in Your Word that true peace, Shalom, lies.

Today's readings in the Psalms:

Morning: Psalm 99

Mid-day: 119:17-24

Evening: Psalm 25

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