Adapted from Psalm 142

Leader: With my voice I cry to You, Lord; I pour out my complaint; I tell my trouble before You.

People: When my spirit faints within me, I cry to You, Lord; for You are my refuge. Attend to my cry, so that I may praise Your name.

I lay before You my sin, my hope, my failing and my ambition, and I lift to You my heart for guidance and cleansing.

Leader: Let us exalt You, O God and King; we will praise Your name.

People:  Every day we will praise You and extol Your name for ever and ever

(ESV, significantly excerpted and adapted for liturgical use)