Prayers for when you are alone

Loneliness is one of the oldest human experiences, and the Bible is full of it — David hiding in caves, Elijah under the broom tree, Christ in Gethsemane. These prayers are the prayers prayed from those places. They do not pretend the loneliness away. They insist, quietly, that you are not unseen.

Psalm 139

Psalm 139 (KJV, abridged)

O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising,
thou understandest my thought afar off.

Thou compassest my path and my lying down,
and art acquainted with all my ways.

Whither shall I go from thy spirit?
or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:
if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

If I take the wings of the morning,
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
even there shall thy hand lead me,
and thy right hand shall hold me.

Search me, O God, and know my heart:
try me, and know my thoughts:
and see if there be any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.

Amen.

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Psalm 23

Psalm 23 (KJV)

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
he leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul:
he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;
thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies:
thou anointest my head with oil;
my cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
for ever.

Amen.

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Psalm 42

Psalm 42 (KJV, abridged)

As the hart panteth after the water brooks,
so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

My soul thirsteth for God,
for the living God:
when shall I come and appear before God?

My tears have been my meat day and night,
while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
and why art thou disquieted in me?
hope thou in God:
for I shall yet praise him
for the help of his countenance.

Deep calleth unto deep
at the noise of thy waterspouts:
all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
and why art thou disquieted within me?
hope thou in God:
for I shall yet praise him,
who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Amen.

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The Lord's Prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
forever and ever.

Amen.

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