Psalms 143

143

A Prayer for Help#Ps 143 Hebrew title: A psalm by David.

1 LORD, hear my prayer!

In your righteousness listen to my plea;

answer me in your faithfulness!

2 # Rom 3.20; Gal 2.16 Don't put me, your servant, on trial;

no one is innocent in your sight.

3My enemies have hunted me down

and completely defeated me.

They have put me in a dark prison,

and I am like those who died long ago.

4So I am ready to give up;

I am in deep despair.

5I remember the days gone by;

I think about all that you have done,

I bring to mind all your deeds.

6I lift up my hands to you in prayer;

like dry ground my soul is thirsty for you.

7Answer me now, LORD!

I have lost all hope.

Don't hide yourself from me,

or I will be among those who go down to the world of the dead.

8Remind me each morning of your constant love,

for I put my trust in you.

My prayers go up to you;

show me the way I should go.

9I go to you for protection, LORD;

rescue me from my enemies.

10You are my God;

teach me to do your will.

Be good to me, and guide me on a safe path.

11Rescue me, LORD, as you have promised;

in your goodness save me from my troubles!

12Because of your love for me, kill my enemies

and destroy all my oppressors,

for I am your servant.

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Psalm 143

143

A Prayer for Deliverance and Guidance

A Psalm of David.

1Hear my prayer, O Lord,

give ear to my supplications:

in thy faithfulness answer me,

and in thy righteousness.

2 # Rom 3.20; Gal 2.16. And enter not into judgment with thy servant:

for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

3For the 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.

4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me;

my heart within me is desolate.

5I remember the days of old;

I meditate on all thy works;

I muse on the work of thy hands.

6I stretch forth my hands unto thee:

my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

7Hear me speedily, O Lord;

my spirit faileth:

hide not thy face from me,

lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

8Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning;

for in thee do I trust:

cause me to know the way wherein I should walk;

for I lift up my soul unto thee.

9Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies:

I flee unto thee to hide me.

10Teach me to do thy will;

for thou art my God:

thy Spirit is good;

lead me into the land of uprightness.

11Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake:

for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

12And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies,

and destroy all them that afflict my soul:

for I am thy servant.

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