Parallel Bible results for "Psalm 143:1-6"

Psalms 143:1-6

1 Lord, hear my prayer; listen to my cry for mercy. Answer me because you are loyal and good.

1 LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.

2 Don't judge me, your servant, because no one alive is right before you.

2 Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you.

3 My enemies are chasing me; they crushed me to the ground. They made me live in darkness like those long dead.

3 The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in the darkness like those long dead.

4 I am afraid; my courage is gone.

4 So my spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed.

5 I remember what happened long ago; I consider everything you have done. I think about all you have made.

5 I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done.

6 I lift my hands to you in prayer. As a dry land needs rain, I thirst for you. Selah

6 I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.