Adapted from Psalm 38

Leader: Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath.

People: My guilt has overwhelmed me
like a burden too heavy to bear.

Leader: All my longings lie open before you, Lord;
my sighing is not hidden from you.

People: My heart pounds, my strength fails me;
even the light has gone from my eyes.

Leader: I have become like one who does not hear,
whose mouth can offer no reply.

People: Lord, I wait for you;
you will answer, Lord my…