Psalm 143

A Psalm by David.

¹ Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.

² Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.

³ For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

⁴ Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.

⁵ I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.

⁶ I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.

⁷ Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.

⁸ Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

⁹ Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.

¹⁰ Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

¹¹ Revive me, Yahweh, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

¹² In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, for I am your servant.