Psalm 143
Literal Standard Version
Chapter overview
Psalm 143 asks mercy rather than judgment while enemies drive the speaker into darkness. Remembered works awaken trust, morning love brings guidance, and a revived spirit learns the level path of faithful obedience.
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1A PSALM OF DAVID. O YHWH, hear my prayer, || Give ear to my supplications, || Answer me in Your faithfulness—in Your righteousness.
2And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, || For no one living is justified before You.
3For an enemy has pursued my soul, || He has bruised my life to the earth, || He has caused me to dwell in dark places, || As the dead of old.
4And my spirit has become feeble in me, || My heart has become desolate within me.
5I have remembered days of old, || I have meditated on all Your acts, || I muse on the work of Your hand.
6I have spread forth my hands to You, || My soul [is] as a weary land for You. Selah.
7Hurry, answer me, O YHWH, || My spirit has been consumed, || Do not hide Your face from me, || Or I have been compared with those going down [to] the pit.
8Cause me to hear Your kindness in the morning, || For I have trusted in You, || Cause me to know the way that I go, || For I have lifted up my soul to You.
9Deliver me from my enemies, O YHWH, || Near You I am covered.
10Teach me to do Your good pleasure, || For You [are] my God—Your Spirit [is] good, || Lead me into a land of uprightness.
11You quicken me for Your Name’s sake, O YHWH, || In Your righteousness, You bring out my soul from distress,
12And in Your kindness cut off my enemies, || And have destroyed all the adversaries of my soul, || For I [am] Your servant!
Verses to memorize from Psalm 143
- Psalm 143:8Cause me to hear Your kindness in the morning, || For I have trusted in…
- Psalm 143:10Teach me to do Your good pleasure, || For You [are] my God—Your Spirit…
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