PSALM 51:1-12
Be gracious to me, O God, according to your lovingkindness;
according to your abundant compassion blot out my rebellious acts.
Like a cloudburst, wash my wrongdoing from me and scour my sins from me;
for I am only too aware of my rebellion, and my sin is always in front of me.
I have sinned against you - you alone, and done what is displeasing in your eyes
and so you have a just case when you speak; blameless when you judge.
The truth is, I was born among waywardness,
and my mother conceived me in a sinful society,
though you desired faithfulness in the womb,
and in being kept hidden you caused me to know wisdom
Unsin me with hyssop and I shall be clean;
wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.
Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you crushed rejoice.
Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my wrongdoing.
Create for me a clean heart, O God,
and re-create a generous spirit within me.

PRAYER OF ADORATION (from Ps. 119:9-16)
Gracious and everliving God,
You have given your promise for us to treasure in our hearts,
and your justice for us to declare with our lips.
You have given your commandments as a sure path for us,
and your decrees for our richest delight.
You have given your Covenant so that we may have life in its fullness,
and the urgings of your Spirit for our attentive listening to your word.

Eternal God,
whose creative word
brought life out of darkness,
we praise you.
Suffering God,
whose incarnate word
lived and died among us to show us your love,
we adore you.
Gracious and everliving God,
whose living word
breathed your Holy Spirit on the church,
we worship you.

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Or metrical psalms? Try Dale A. Schoening's Sing the Psalms

HYMN SEARCH FOR LENT 5 -YEAR B
All go to God when they are sorely placed	TIS 240	AHB 182
Come let us join our cheerful songs	TIS 204	AHB 133
Do not be afraid, I am with you	TIS 16	SA 28
Father we give you thanks, who planted	TIS 495	AHB 416
Fold to your heart your sister and your brother	TIS 587	AHB 503
Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go	TIS 571	AHB 480
God is my strong salvation	TIS 15	AHB 493
Holy Father, God of might	TIS 622	AHB 398
I'll praise my maker while I've breath	TIS 90	AHB 44
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun	TIS 207	AHB 136
Jesus, lover of my soul	TIS 211	AHB 139
Lord, your almighty word	TIS 447	AHB 61
My heart and voice I raise	TIS 225	AHB 160
My song is love unknown	TIS 341	AHB 257
The Lord is my light and salvation	TIS 747	SA 79
With joy, we meditate the grace	TIS 206	AHB 134
Jeremiah 31:31-34
All my hope on God is founded	TIS 560	AHB 465
How deep the riches of our God	TIS 167	AHB 116
I, the Lord of sea and sky	TIS 658
Jesus, lover of my soul	TIS 211	AHB 139
O Love that wilt not let me go	TIS 602	AHB 525
Psalm 51:1-12
Create in us a clean heart, O God	TIS 712
Dear Shepherd of your people	TIS 444	AHB 371
Lord Jesus, think on me	TIS 546	AHB 122
O Holy Spirit, enter in	TIS 400
O for a heart to praise my God	TIS 568	AHB 476
Hebrews 5:5-10
At the name of Jesus	TIS 231	AHB 170
Hail, our once despised Jesus	TIS 373	AHB 295
Jesus calls us here to meet him	TIS 477
Master speak, thy servant heareth	TIS 597	AHB 516
O love of God, how strong and true	TIS 139	AHB 75
We sing the praise of him who died	TIS 347	AHB 262
With joy we meditate the grace	TIS 206
John 12:20-33
A charge to keep I have	TIS 573	AHB 487
Crown him with many crowns	TIS 228	AHB 163
Father, whose everlasting love	TIS 213	AHB 142
Lift high the cross	TIS 351	AHB 271
Lord Jesus, think on me	TIS 546	AHB 122
Now the green blade rises	TIS 382
O Jesus I have promised	TIS 595	AHB 514
O my Saviour, lifted from the earth for me	TIS 600	AHB 521
The glory of our king was seen	TIS 353
When Christ was lifted from the earth	TIS 248	SA 93
'Take up your cross', the Saviour said	TIS 583	AHB 496