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. Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, [and] 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 shall no man living 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 hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
4 And my spirit has become feeble in me, My heart has become desolate within me.
Therefore is my spirit 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 works; 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 to thee: my soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a thirsty land. (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.
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like 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 trust: cause me to know the way in which I should walk; for I lift up my soul to thee.
9 Deliver me from my enemies, O YHWH, Near You I am covered.
Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies: I flee to thee to hide me.
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: thy spirit [is] good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
11 You quicken me for Your Name’s sake, O YHWH, In Your righteousness, You bring out my soul from distress,
Revive me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake 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 of thy mercy cut off my enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I [am] thy servant.
