Ps 142:2 I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare my trouble before Him.
Ps 142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, You knew my path. In the way where I walk They have hidden a trap for me.
Ps 142:4 Look to the right and see; For there is no one who regards me; There is no escape for me; No one cares for my soul.
Ps 142:5 ¶ I cried out to You, O LORD; I said, "You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
Ps 142:6 "Give heed to my cry, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are too strong for me.
Ps 142:7 "Bring my soul out of prison, So that I may give thanks to Your name; The righteous will surround me, For You will deal bountifully with me."
Ps 143:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, Give ear to my supplications! Answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your righteousness!
Ps 143:2 And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no man living is righteous.
Ps 143:3 For 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 143:4 Therefore 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 143:6 I 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 143:8 Let 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 143:9 Deliver 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 143:11 For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
Ps 143:12 And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies And destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am Your servant.
Ps 144:1 Blessed be the LORD, my rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle;
Ps 144:2 My lovingkindness and my fortress, My stronghold and my deliverer, My shield and He in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me.