Psalms 143
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Psalm 143
A psalm of David.
1Listen to my prayer, LORD!
Because of your faithfulness, hear my requests for mercy!
Because of your righteousness, answer me!
2Please don’t bring your servant to judgment,
because no living thing is righteous before you.
3The enemy is chasing me,#143.3 Or my soul; also in 143:6, 8, 11-12
crushing my life in the dirt,
forcing me to live in the dark
like those who’ve been dead forever.
4My spirit is weak inside me—
inside, my mind is numb.
5I remember the days long past;
I meditate on all your deeds;
I contemplate your handiwork.
6I stretch out my hands to you;
my whole being is like dry dirt, thirsting for you.#143.6 Heb lacks thirsting. Selah
7Answer me, LORD—and quickly! My breath is fading.
Don’t hide your face from me
or I’ll be like those going down to the pit!
8Tell me all about your faithful love come morning time,
because I trust you.
Show me the way I should go,
because I offer my life up to you.
9Deliver me from my enemies, LORD!
I seek protection from you.#143.9 Heb uncertain; MT to you I have hidden
10Teach me to do what pleases you,
because you are my God.
Guide me by your good spirit
into good land.
11Make me live again, LORD, for your name’s sake.
Bring me out of distress because of your righteousness.
12Wipe out my enemies because of your faithful love.
Destroy everyone who attacks me,
because I am your servant.
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Psalm 143
143
My Soul Thirsts for You
A Psalm of David.
1Hear my prayer, O Lord;
#
Ps. 140:6 give ear to my pleas for mercy!
In your #1 John 1:9; [Ps. 31:1]faithfulness answer me, in your #1 John 1:9; [Ps. 31:1]righteousness!
2 # [Job 14:3] Enter not into judgment with your servant,
for no one living is righteous #Ps. 130:3; 1 Kgs. 8:46; Job 9:2; 15:14; 25:4; Eccles. 7:20; Rom. 3:23; 1 Cor. 4:4before you.
3For the enemy has pursued my soul;
# See Ps. 88:3-6 he has crushed my life to the ground;
#
Lam. 3:6
he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
4Therefore my spirit #See Ps. 77:3faints within me;
my heart within me is appalled.
5 #
Ps. 77:5, 11 I remember the days of old;
#
Ps. 77:12; 111:2 I meditate on all that you have done;
I ponder the work of your hands.
6 # See Job 11:13 I stretch out my hands to you;
#
Ps. 42:2 my soul thirsts for you like #[Ps. 63:1]a parched land. Selah
7 #
Ps. 69:17; 102:2 Answer me quickly, O Lord!
# [Ps. 84:2] My spirit fails!
#
Ps. 27:9 Hide not your face from me,
#
Ps. 28:1; 88:4 lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
8 # [Ps. 90:14] Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
for in you I #Ps. 11:1; 25:2 trust.
#
Ps. 25:4 Make me know the way I should go,
#
Ps. 25:1
for to you I lift up my soul.
9 #
Ps. 59:1; 142:6 Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord!
I have fled to you for refuge.#143:9 One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts To you I have covered
10 # [Ps. 119:12] Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God!
#
Neh. 9:20 Let your good Spirit #See Ps. 23:3 lead me
on #Isa. 26:10; [Ps. 27:11]level ground!
11 #
Ps. 23:3; 25:11 For your name’s sake, O Lord, #See Ps. 71:20 preserve my life!
In your righteousness #Ps. 142:7bring my soul out of trouble!
12And in your steadfast love you will #Ps. 54:5 cut off my enemies,
and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul,
for I am your #See Ps. 116:16servant.
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