Psalms 143

¹Hear my prayer, O LORD ; give ear to my supplications:

In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

²And enter not into judgement 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 dark places, 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 doings:

I muse on the work of thy hands.

⁶I spread forth my hands unto thee:

My soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. Selah

⁷Make haste to answer me, O LORD ; my spirit faileth:

Hide not thy face from me;

Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.

⁸Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness 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 in the land of uprightness.

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

In thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.

¹²And in thy lovingkindness cut off mine enemies,

And destroy all them that afflict my soul;

For I am thy servant.