Psalm 143
Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies
A Psalm of David.
1 Hear my prayer, O Lord;
give ear to my supplications in your faithfulness;
answer me in your righteousness.(A)
2 Do not enter into judgment with your servant,
for no one living is righteous before you.(B)
3 For the enemy has pursued me,
crushing my life to the ground,
making me sit in darkness like those long dead.
4 Therefore my spirit faints within me;
my heart within me is appalled.(C)
5 I remember the days of old;
I think about all your deeds;
I meditate on the works of your hands.(D)
6 I stretch out my hands to you;
my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah(E)
7 Answer me quickly, O Lord;
my spirit fails.
Do not hide your face from me,
or I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.(F)
8 Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning,
for in you I put my trust.
Teach me the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.(G)
9 Save me, O Lord, from my enemies;
I have fled to you for refuge.[a](H)
10 Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
Let your good spirit lead me
on a level path.(I)
11 For your name’s sake, O Lord, preserve my life.
In your righteousness bring me out of trouble.(J)
12 In your steadfast love cut off my enemies,
and destroy all my adversaries,
for I am your servant.(K)
Footnotes
- 143.9Heb ms Gk: MT to you I have hidden
Cross references
- 143.1 : Ps 71.2; 89.1, 2; 140.6
- 143.2 : Job 4.17; 14.3; Ps 130.3; Eccl 7.20; Rom 3.20
- 143.4 : Ps 142.3; Lam 3.11
- 143.5 : Ps 77.5, 12; 105.2
- 143.6 : Ps 63.1; 88.9
- 143.7 : Ps 27.9; 28.1; 69.17
- 143.8 : Ps 25.1, 2; 27.11; 90.14
- 143.9 : Ps 31.15
- 143.10 : Neh 9.20; Ps 23.3; 25.4, 5
- 143.11 : Ps 31.1; 119.25
- 143.12 : Ps 52.5; 54.5; 116.16