Passage

Psalm 143

12 verses

1

Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.

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2

Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.

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3

For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

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4

Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.

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5

I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.

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6

I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.

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7

Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.

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8

Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

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9

Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.

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10

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

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11

Revive me, Yahweh, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

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12

In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, for I am your servant.

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