Who can compare with your majesty, oh Lord?
Who can match your might and power?
For with your breath you gave life to the earth,
and as you spoke, the world came into being.
Truly, God, you are powerful beyond measure.
Your strength is beyond the comprehension of man.
Only you can say what is right and wrong;
from your mouth come the decrees of justice.
Hear my plea, oh God.
I have fallen in the darkness,
and I can not raise myself up.
The heights of Your glory are beyond my reach.
I am beset on all sides by trouble.
Doubt and fear are my constant companions.
My eyes are blinded,
and I cannot see your path.
You, Lord, who sees all,
know of my faith.
I have never renounced your name,
but always have I kept it in reverence.
Look upon me in my hour of need,
and see that I have done no wrong.
Through no fault of my own
I have lost my way.
Surely, oh God, you will deliver me.
For do you not guide the righteous along your paths
even as you condemn the wicked to damnation?
Surely, oh God, you will pull me from the depths.
Reach out your hand
and rescue me, Lord.
Restore unto me surety and boldness once again,
that I might walk in your light forever.
Nothing is impossible for you, God.
You are all powerful, all knowing,
with love that never ends.
I place my trust in you.
Your mercy and grace are boundless.
Though I often fail to keep your laws,
still you do not abandon me.
Your forgiveness is unfathomable.
This was something I did for a class at my university. It's modeled after a lament from the book of Psalms, and follows the general structure as well as making use of different forms of parallelism that are found in ancient Hebrew poetry.