Psalm 143:1-12
A melody of David.
143 O Jehovah, hear my prayer;+Listen to my plea for help.
In your faithfulness and in your righteousness, answer me.
2 Do not enter into judgment with your servant,For no one living can be righteous before you.+
3 For the enemy pursues me;*He has crushed my life into the ground.
He has caused me to dwell in darkness like those long dead.
4 My spirit* is failing;+My heart is numb within me.+
5 I remember the days of old;I meditate on all your activity;+I eagerly ponder over* the work of your hands.
6 I spread out my hands to you;I am* like a parched land that thirsts for you.+ (Selah)
7 Do answer me quickly, O Jehovah;+My strength* has come to an end.+
Do not hide your face from me,+Or I will be like those going down into the pit.*+
8 Let me hear your loyal love in the morning,For I trust in you.
Make known to me the way I should walk,+For to you I turn.*
9 Rescue me from my enemies, O Jehovah.
I seek your protection.+
10 Teach me to do your will,+For you are my God.
Your spirit is good;May it lead me on level ground.*
11 For the sake of your name, O Jehovah, preserve me alive.
In your righteousness, rescue me* from distress.+
12 In your loyal love, put an end to* my enemies;+Destroy all those harassing me,*+For I am your servant.+
Footnotes
^ Or “my soul.”
^ Or “strength.”
^ Or “study.”
^ Or “My soul is.”
^ Or “grave.”
^ Lit., “spirit.”
^ Or “For I lift up my soul to you.”
^ Or “in the land of uprightness.”
^ Or “my soul.”
^ Lit., “silence.”
^ Or “my soul.”
