Psalms 143
1 A PSALM OF DAVID. O YHWH, hear my prayer, Give ear to my supplications, Answer me in Your faithfulness—in Your righteousness.
A Psalm of David. Jehovah, hear my prayer; give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, in thy righteousness.
2 And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For no one living is justified before You.
And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.
3 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.
For the enemy persecuteth my soul: he hath crushed my life down to the earth; he hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
4 And my spirit has become feeble in me, My heart has become desolate within me.
And my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
5 I have remembered days of old, I have meditated on all Your acts, I muse on the work of Your hand.
I remember the days of old: I meditate on all thy doing; I muse on the work of thy hands.
6 I have spread forth my hands to You, My soul [is] as a weary land for You. (Selah)
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul, as a parched land, [thirsteth] after thee. (Selah)
7 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.
Answer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, or I shall be like unto them that go down into the pit.
8 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.
Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning, for in thee do I confide; make me to know the way wherein I should walk, for unto thee do I lift up my soul.
9 Deliver me from my enemies, O YHWH, Near You I am covered.
Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: unto thee do I flee for refuge.
10 Teach me to do Your good pleasure, For You [are] my God—Your Spirit [is] good, Lead me into a land of uprightness.
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: let thy good Spirit lead me in a plain country.
11 You quicken me for Your Name’s sake, O YHWH, In Your righteousness, You bring out my soul from distress,
Revive me, O Jehovah, for thy name's sake; in thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble;
12 And in Your kindness cut off my enemies, And have destroyed all the adversaries of my soul, For I [am] Your servant!
And in thy loving-kindness cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that oppress my soul: for I am thy servant.
