Psalms 143
1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in your faithfulness answer me, and in your righteousness.
A PSALM OF DAVID. O YHWH, hear my prayer, Give ear to my supplications, Answer me in Your faithfulness—in Your righteousness.
2 And enter not into judgment with your servant: for in your sight shall no man living be justified.
And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For no one living is justified before You.
3 For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
For an enemy has pursued my soul, He has bruised my life to the earth, He has caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old.
4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
And my spirit has become feeble in me, My heart has become desolate within me.
5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all your works; I meditate on the work of your hands.
I have remembered days of old, I have meditated on all Your acts, I muse on the work of Your hand.
6 I stretch forth my hands unto you: my soul thirsts after you, as a thirsty land. (Selah)
I have spread forth my hands to You, My soul [is] as a weary land for You. (Selah)
7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit fails: hide not your face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Hurry, answer me, O YHWH, My spirit has been consumed, Do not hide Your face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down [to] the pit.
8 Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning; for in you do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto you.
Cause me to hear Your kindness in the morning, For I have trusted in You, Cause me to know the way that I go, For I have lifted up my soul to You.
9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto you to hide me.
Deliver me from my enemies, O YHWH, Near You I am covered.
10 Teach me to do your will; for you are my God: your spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
Teach me to do Your good pleasure, For You [are] my God—Your Spirit [is] good, Lead me into a land of uprightness.
11 Restore life in me, O LORD, for your name's sake: for your righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
You quicken me for Your Name’s sake, O YHWH, In Your righteousness, You bring out my soul from distress,
12 And of your mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am your servant.
And in Your kindness cut off my enemies, And have destroyed all the adversaries of my soul, For I [am] Your servant!
