Psalms

143 0 A Psalm of David.

1 HEAR ^amy prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: ^bin thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

2 And ^center not into judgment with thy servant: for ^din thy sight shall no man living be justified.

3 For ^ethe enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

4 ^fTherefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

5 I ^gremember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

6 I ^hstretch forth my hands unto thee: ⁱmy soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

7 ^jHear me speedily, O LORD: ^kmy spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, ¹lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

8 ^lCause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: ^mcause me to know the way wherein I should walk; ⁿfor I lift up my soul unto thee.

9 ^oDeliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: ^pI flee ²unto thee to hide me.

10 ^qTeach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: ^rthy spirit is good; lead me into the ^sland of uprightness.

11 ^t*Quicken me, O LORD, ^ufor thy name's sake: ^vfor thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

12 And ^wof thy mercy ^xcut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: ^yfor I am thy servant.