| Psa. 143:1 |
O Jehovah, hear my prayer; / Give ear to my supplications; / Answer me in Your faithfulness [and] in Your righteousness; |
| Psa. 143:2 |
And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, / For no one alive is righteous in Your sight. |
| Psa. 143:3 |
For the enemy has persecuted my soul; / He has crushed my life down to the ground; / He has caused me to dwell in dark places, like those who have been long dead. |
| Psa. 143:4 |
Therefore my spirit faints within me; / My heart is appalled in the midst of me. |
| Psa. 143:5 |
I remember the days of old; / I meditate upon all that You have done; / I muse upon the work of Your hands. |
| Psa. 143:6 |
I spread out my hands to You; / My soul [thirsts] for You like a parched land. Selah |
| Psa. 143:7 |
Hurry and answer me, O Jehovah; / My spirit fails. / Do not hide Your face from me, / Lest I become like those who go down into the pit. |
| Psa. 143:8 |
Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, / For in You I trust. / Make known to me the way on which I should walk, / For to You I lift up my soul. |
| Psa. 143:9 |
Deliver me from my enemies, O Jehovah; / I have fled to You for a refuge. |
| Psa. 143:10 |
Teach me to do Your will, / For You are my God; / Let Your good Spirit lead me / In a plain country. |
| Psa. 143:11 |
For Your name's sake, O Jehovah, preserve me alive; / In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble. |
| Psa. 143:12 |
And in Your lovingkindness cut off my enemies / And destroy all those who oppress my soul, / For I am Your servant. |