Ps 143:1Hear my prayer, O LORD, Give ear to my supplications! Answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your righteousness!
Ps 143:2And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no man living is righteous.
Ps 143:3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.
Ps 143:4Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; My heart is appalled within me.
Ps 143:5¶ I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your doings; I muse on the work of Your hands.
Ps 143:6I stretch out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, as a parched land. Selah.
Ps 143:7¶ Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will become like those who go down to the pit.
Ps 143:8Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul.
Ps 143:9Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies; I take refuge in You.
Ps 143:10¶ Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
Ps 143:11For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
Ps 143:12And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies And destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am Your servant.