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Psalm 143

1 Listen to my prayer, LORD! Because of your faithfulness, hear my requests for mercy! Because of your righteousness, answer me!

1 Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!

2 Please don't bring your servant to judgment, because no living thing is righteous before you.

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

3 The enemy is chasing me, crushing my life in the dirt, forcing me to live in the dark like those who've been dead forever.

3 For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.

4 My spirit is weak inside me— inside, my mind is numb.

4 Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.

5 I remember the days long past; I meditate on all your deeds; I contemplate your handiwork.

5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands.

6 I stretch out my hands to you; my whole being is like dry dirt, thirsting for you. Selah

6 I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah

7 Answer me, LORD—and quickly! My breath is fading. Don't hide your face from me or I'll be like those going down to the pit!

7 Answer me quickly, O Lord! My spirit fails! Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit.

8 Tell me all about your faithful love come morning time, because I trust you. Show me the way I should go, because I offer my life up to you.

8 Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.

9 Deliver me from my enemies, LORD! I seek protection from you.

9 Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord! I have fled to you for refuge.

10 Teach me to do what pleases you, because you are my God. Guide me by your good spirit into good land.

10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!

11 Make me live again, LORD, for your name's sake. Bring me out of distress because of your righteousness.

11 For your name’s sake, O Lord, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!

12 Wipe out my enemies because of your faithful love. Destroy everyone who attacks me, because I am your servant.

12 And in your steadfast love you will cut off my enemies, and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul, for I am your servant.