Restoration I seek from you oh God.

For you are my strong tower

and correcting rod.

Replenish this agonizing soul,

for You are the one who upholds.

 

Sometimes I feel so dirty,

as I scrub my skin at night,

constantly scraping my flesh

as if it cleanses me and keeps me from strife.

 

Forgiveness You have given me,

but I need your psychiatry

and healing therapy

to relieve the trauma

incurred inside of me.

 

Refiner’s fires purge me

of all unrighteousness and iniquity,

for it torments me.

I have replayed the events

like a jury reviews evidence.

 

The nights of loneliness

brought on by betrayal,

the ultimate executioner of bondedness,

has sapped my strength

and negated my trust in goodness.

 

Restorer of my soul,

past, present, and future –

I need those still waters

to walk the path of righteousness.

 

Rescue me from

the mental anguish

of fractured promises never fulfilled.

I want to do your will.

 

You called me to be virtuous

and virtuous is what I have been

and will be.

For my mistakes could

and will not destroy my virtuosity.

 

It is these enemies

with their hatred and jealousy

that create thoughts that seek to destroy me.

Your perfect peace is what I need.

 

As I dine at the feast

you set before me, my enemies envy me,

but you protect me and help me

to see that You

trample out the path of vengeance

for me because you have anointed me.

 

Oh Lord, my Savior I implore Thee.

Endow me, but most of all restore me!