Tehillim 143

1 Hear my tefillah, Hashem , give ear to my techinot (supplications) ;

in Thy emunah answer me, and in Thy tzedakah.

²And enter not into mishpat with Thy eved;

for in Thy sight shall no man living be yitzadak (justified) .

³For the oyev (enemy) hath persecuted my nefesh;

he hath struck down my life to the ground;

he hath made me to dwell in places of choshech (darkness) ,

like metei olam (those long dead) .

⁴Therefore is my ruach become faint within me;

my lev within me is desolate.

⁵I remember yamim mikedem (days of old) ,

I meditate on all Thy works;

I muse on the ma'aseh (work) of Thy hands.

⁶I stretch forth my hands unto Thee;

my nefesh thirsteth after Thee, like an eretz ayefah (a parched, thirsty land) .

Selah

⁷Hear me speedily, Hashem ; my ruach faileth;

hide not Thy face from me,

lest I be like those that go down into the bor (pit) .

⁸Cause me to hear Thy chesed in the boker;

for in Thee do I trust;

cause me to know the Derech wherein I should walk;

for I lift up my nefesh unto Thee.

⁹Save me, Hashem , from mine oyevim (enemies) ;

I flee unto Thee to hide me.

¹⁰Teach me to do Retzonecha (Thy will) ;

for Thou art Elohai;

may Thy Ruach Tov lead me on level ground.

¹¹Revive me, Hashem , l'ma'an (for the sake of) Thy Shem (Name) ;

in Thy tzedakah bring my nefesh out of tzoros.

¹²And in Thy chesed silence mine enemies,

and destroy all them that oppress my nefesh;

for I am Thy eved.