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. Listen, O Lord, to my prayer; attend to my plea. In your faithfulness give me answer, and in your righteousness.
2 And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For no one living is justified before You.
With your servant O enter you not into judgment, for in your sight can no one alive 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 persecutes me, crushing my life to the ground, making me live in the darkness, as those who have long been dead.
4 And my spirit has become feeble in me, My heart has become desolate within me.
My spirit is faint within me, my heart is bewildered within me.
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, and brood over all you have done, musing on all that your hands have wrought.
6 I have spread forth my hands to You, My soul [is] as a weary land for You. (Selah)
I spread out my hands to you: I thirst for you, like parched earth. (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 soon, Lord, because my spirit is spent. Hide not your face from me, else become I like those who go down to 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.
Let me learn of your love in the morning, for my trust is in you. Teach me the way I should go: for my heart longs for you.
9 Deliver me from my enemies, O YHWH, Near You I am covered.
Save me, O Lord, from my foes: for to you I have fled 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 your will, for you yourself are my God. Guide me by your good spirit, O Lord, on a way that is smooth.
11 You quicken me for Your Name’s sake, O YHWH, In Your righteousness, You bring out my soul from distress,
Be true to your name Lord, spare me, bring me out of distress in your faithfulness.
12 And in Your kindness cut off my enemies, And have destroyed all the adversaries of my soul, For I [am] Your servant!
In your kindness extinguish my enemies, and all those who vex me destroy; for I am your servant.
