< 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.
2 And may not you go in judgment with servant your for not he is righteous before you any living [person].
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.
4 And it has fainted away on me spirit my in [the] midst of me it is appalled heart my.
5 I have remembered days - from antiquity I have meditated on every deed your on [the] work of hands your I meditate.
6 I have spread out hands my to you throat my - like a land exhausted [is] to you (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.
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.
9 Deliver me from enemies my - O Yahweh to you I have covered.
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.
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.
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.
