Psalm 143

A Prayer for Deliverance and Guidance

¹Hear my prayer, O Lord ,

give ear to my supplications:

in thy faithfulness answer me,

and in thy righteousness.

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

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.