143:1 A psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.
143:2 Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you.
143:3 The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in darkness like those long dead.
143:4 So my spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed.
143:5 I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done.
143:6 I spread out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah
143:7 Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit.
143:8 Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
143:9 Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD, for I hide myself in you.
143:10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
143:11 For your name’s sake, O LORD, preserve my life; in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.
143:12 In your unfailing love, silence my enemies; destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.
143:1 O Jehovah, hear my prayer; / Give ear to my supplications; / Answer me in Your faithfulness and in Your righteousness;
143:2 And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, / For no one alive is righteous in Your sight.
143:3 For the enemy has persecuted my soul; / He has crushed my life down to the ground; / He has caused me to dwell in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
143:4 Therefore my spirit faints within me; / My heart is appalled in the midst of me.
143:5 I remember the days of old; / I meditate upon all that You have done; / I muse upon the work of Your hands.
143:6 I spread out my hands to You; / My soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
143:7 Hurry and answer me, O Jehovah; / My spirit fails. / Do not hide Your face from me, / Lest I become like those who go down into the pit.
143:8 Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, / For in You I trust. / Make known to me the way on which I should walk, / For to You I lift up my soul.
143:9 Deliver me from my enemies, O Jehovah; / I have fled to You for a refuge.
143:10 Teach me to do Your will, / For You are my God; / Let Your good Spirit lead me / In a plain country.
143:11 For Your name s sake, O Jehovah, preserve me alive; / In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
143:12 And in Your lovingkindness cut off my enemies / And destroy all those who oppress my soul, / For I am Your servant.