Psalms, 143

A melody of David.^*1

¹ O Jehovah, hear my prayer; Do give ear to my entreaty. In your faithfulness answer me in your righteousness.

² And do not enter into judgment with your servant; For before you no one alive can be righteous.

³ For the enemy has pursued my soul; He has crushed my life to the very earth. He has caused me to dwell in dark places like those dead for time indefinite.

⁴ And my spirit faints away within me; In the midst of me my heart shows itself numbed.

⁵ I have remembered days of long ago; I have meditated on all your activity; I willingly kept myself concerned with the work of your own hands.

⁶ I have spread out my hands to you; My soul is like an exhausted land to you. Seʹlah.^*1

⁷ O hurry, answer me, O Jehovah. My spirit has come to an end. Do not conceal your face from me, Or else I must become comparable with those going down into the pit.

⁸ In the morning cause me to hear your loving-kindness,^*1 For in you I have put my trust. Make known to me the way in which I should walk, For to you I have lifted up my soul.

⁹ Deliver me from my enemies, O Jehovah. I have taken cover^*1 even with you.

¹⁰ Teach me to do your will,^*1 For you are my God. Your spirit is good; May it lead me in the land of uprightness.

¹¹ For the sake of your name, O Jehovah, may you preserve me alive. In your righteousness may you bring forth my soul out of distress.

¹² And in your loving-kindness may you silence my enemies; And you must destroy all those showing hostility to my soul, For I am your servant.