Psalms 143:1-6

A psalm of David.

1 LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.
2 Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you.
3 The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in the darkness like those long dead.
4 So my spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed.
5 I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done.
6 I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.[a]

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Cross References 11

  • 1. S Psalms 141:1
  • 2. S Psalms 28:2; Psalms 130:2; Psalms 140:6
  • 3. S Exodus 34:6; Psalms 89:1-2
  • 4. Psalms 71:2
  • 5. S Psalms 14:3; Ecclesiastes 7:20; Romans 3:20; Romans 3:10
  • 6. S Psalms 107:10
  • 7. Lamentations 3:6
  • 8. Psalms 30:7; Psalms 142:3
  • 9. Psalms 77:6
  • 10. S Genesis 24:63
  • 11. S Exodus 9:29; S Job 11:13; Psalms 63:1; Psalms 88:9

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. The Hebrew has "Selah" (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
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