Psalm 143

Revised Geneva Translation

143 Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my supplication. Answer me in Your truth and in Your righteousness.

² (And do not enter into judgment with Your servant; for in Your sight shall no one who lives be justified.)

³ For the enemy has persecuted my soul. He has stricken my life down to the Earth. He has laid me in the darkness, as those who have long been dead.

⁴ And my spirit was desolate in me; my heart within me was amazed.

⁵ I remember the time past. I meditate on all Your works. I meditate on the works of Your hands.

⁶ I stretch forth my hands to You. My soul desires You, as a thirsty land. Selah.

⁷ Hear me speedily, O LORD! My spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me; or else I shall be like those who go down into the pit.

⁸ Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; for in You is my trust. Show me the way that I should walk in, for I lift up my soul to You.

⁹ Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies. I have hidden myself with You.

¹⁰ Teach me to do Your will; for You are my God. Let Your good Spirit lead me to the Land of Righteousness.

¹¹ Quicken me, O LORD, for Your Name’s sake. Bring my soul out of trouble because of Your righteousness,

¹² and slay my enemies because of Your mercy and destroy all those who oppress my soul; for I am Your servant. A Psalm of David