Psalm 143

Domine, exaudi

¹ Hear my prayer, O Lord, and consider my supplications;*

hearken to me, for your truth and righteousness' sake.

² Enter not into judgment with your servant,*

for in your sight shall no one living be justified.

³ For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life down to the ground;*

he has laid me in the darkness, like those who have been long dead.

⁴ Therefore my spirit faints within me,*

and my heart within me is desolate.

⁵ Yet I remember the time past; I muse upon all your works;*

indeed, I meditate on the works of your hands.

⁶ I stretch forth my hands to you;*

my soul gasps for you as a thirsty land.

⁷ Hear me, O Lord, and very soon, for my spirit grows faint;*

hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down into the pit.

⁸ O let me hear your loving-kindness in the morning, for in you have I put my trust;*

show me the way that I should walk in, for I lift up my soul unto you.

⁹ Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies,*

for I flee unto you to hide me.

¹⁰ Teach me to do the thing that pleases you, for you are my God;*

let your loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness.

¹¹ Revive me, O Lord, for your Name's sake;*

and for your righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

¹² Of your goodness slay my enemies,*

and destroy all those who afflict my soul, for I am your servant.

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