Psalms 143
1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in your faithfulness answer me, and in your righteousness.
A Melody of David. O Yahweh, hear my prayer, Give ear to my supplications, In thy faithfulness, answer me, in thy righteousness.
2 And enter not into judgment with your servant: for in your sight shall no man living be justified.
Do not then enter into judgment with thy servant, for no one living, can appear just before thee.
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 hath pursued my soul, hath crushed, to the earth, my life, hath made me dwell in dark places, like the ancient dead.
4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
Therefore hath my spirit, fainted concerning myself, Within me, hath, my heart, been confounded.
5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all your works; I meditate on the work of your hands.
I have remembered the days of aforetime, I have talked with myself of every deed of thine, Of the work of thy hands, I would speak:
6 I stretch forth my hands unto you: my soul thirsts after you, as a thirsty land. (Selah)
I have spread out my hands unto thee, My soul, is as a thirsty land, for thee. (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.
Speedily answer me, O Yahweh, My spirit faileth, —Do not hide thy face from me, or I shall be made like unto them who go down into 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.
Let me hear, in the morning, thy lovingkindness, for, in thee, have, I trusted, —Let me know the way in which I should walk, for, unto thee, have I uplifted my soul.
9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto you to hide me.
Rescue me from my foes, O Yahweh, Unto thee, have I come seeking refuge.
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 thy good pleasure, for, thou, art my God, —Thy spirit, is good, thou wilt set me down to rest in a level land.
11 Restore life in me, O LORD, for your name's sake: for your righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
For the sake of thy Name, O Yahweh, wilt thou give unto me life, In thy righteousness, wilt thou bring forth, out of distress, my soul;
12 And of your mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am your servant.
And, in thy lovingkindness, wilt thou exterminate my foes, —and destroy all the adversaries of my soul, because, I, am thy servant.
