Psalms 143
1 A psalm of David O Yahweh - hear prayer my give ear! to supplications my in faithfulness your answer me in righteousness your.
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 may not you go in judgment with servant your for not he is righteous before you any living [person].
With your servant O enter you not into judgment, for in your sight can no one alive be justified.
3 For he has pursued an enemy - self my he has crushed to the ground life my he has caused to dwell me in dark places like dead [people] of antiquity.
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 it has fainted away on me spirit my in [the] midst of me it is appalled heart my.
My spirit is faint within me, my heart is bewildered within me.
5 I have remembered days - from antiquity I have meditated on every deed your on [the] work of hands your I meditate.
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 out hands my to you throat my - like a land exhausted [is] to you (Selah)
I spread out my hands to you: I thirst for you, like parched earth. (Selah)
7 Hurry answer me - O Yahweh it is exhausted spirit my may not you hide face your from me and I will be equal with [those who] go down of [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 Make hear me in the morning - covenant loyalty your for in you I have trusted make known to me [the] way which I will go for to you I lift up desire my.
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 enemies my - O Yahweh to you I have covered.
Save me, O Lord, from my foes: for to you I have fled for refuge.
10 Teach me - to do will your for you [are] God my spirit your good may it lead me in a land of level ground.
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 For [the] sake of name your O Yahweh you will preserve alive me in righteousness your - you will bring out from trouble life my.
Be true to your name Lord, spare me, bring me out of distress in your faithfulness.
12 And in covenant loyalty your you will destroy enemies my and you will destroy all [the] opposers of life my for I [am] servant your.
In your kindness extinguish my enemies, and all those who vex me destroy; for I am your servant.
