Psalms 143
143
PSALM 143
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Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
A Psalm of David.
1Lord, hear my pray'r, attend my suits;
and in thy faithfulness
Give thou an answer unto me,
and in thy righteousness.
2Thy servant also bring thou not
in judgment to be try'd:
Because no living man can be
in thy sight justify'd.
3For th' en'my hath pursu'd my soul,
my life to ground down tread:
In darkness he hath made me dwell,
as who have long been dead.
4My sp'rit is therefore overwhelm'd
in me perplexedly;
Within me is my very heart
amazed wondrously.
5I call to mind the days of old,
to meditate I use
On all thy works; upon the deeds
I of thy hands do muse.
6My hands to thee I stretch; my soul
thirsts, as dry land, for thee.
7Haste, Lord, to hear, my spirit fails:
hide not thy face from me;
Lest like to them I do become
that go down to the dust.
8At morn let me thy kindness hear;
for in thee do I trust.
Teach me the way that I should walk:
I lift my soul to thee.
9Lord, free me from my foes; I flee
to thee to cover me.
10Because thou art my God, to do
thy will do me instruct:
Thy Sp'rit is good, me to the land
of uprightness conduct.
11Revive and quicken me, O Lord,
ev'n for thine own name's sake;
And do thou, for thy righteousness,
my soul from trouble take.
12And of thy mercy slay my foes;
let all destroyed be
That do afflict my soul: for I
a servant am to thee.
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Psalms 143
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Psalm 143
A Psalm of David.
1¶ Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my supplications for the sake of thy truth; answer me for the sake of thy righteousness.
2And enter not into judgment with thy slave; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
4Therefore my spirit has become overwhelmed within me; my heart within me has become desolate.
5I remembered the days of old; I meditated on all thy works; I mused on the work of thy hands.
6I stretched forth my hands unto thee; my soul thirsted after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
7¶ Hear me speedily, O Lord; my spirit fails; hide not thy face from me lest I be like those that go down into the grave.
8Cause me to hear thy mercy 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 unto thee.
9Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies; I flee unto thee.
10Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God. Let thy good Spirit lead me into the land of uprightness.
11By thy name, O Lord, thou shalt give me life; by thy righteousness thou shalt bring my soul out of trouble.
12And by thy mercy thou shalt scatter my enemies and destroy all the adversaries of my soul; for I am thy slave.
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