Psalms 143 WBT
Summary: A penitential psalm of David, opening "Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications" (v. 1) and including a striking admission of universal human guilt: "enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified" (v. 2). He describes his soul as thirsting for God "as a thirsty land" (v. 6) under pursuit by an enemy who has crushed his life to the ground. It closes asking to hear God's lovingkindness "in the morning" and to be taught the way to walk, ending with a plea to be delivered "for thy righteousness' sake" (v. 8, 11).
1A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, [and] in thy righteousness.
2And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
5I remember the days of old, I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
6I stretch forth my hands to thee: my soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
7Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like them that go down into the pit.
8Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way in which I should walk; for I lift up my soul to thee.
9Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies: I flee to thee to hide me.
10Teach me to do thy will; for thou [art] my God: thy spirit [is] good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
11Revive me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
12And of thy mercy cut off my enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I [am] thy servant.
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