ULT PSA Chapter 143

A psalm of David.

143 A song of David Hear my prayer, Yahweh; listen to my pleas.

On account of your faithfulness answer me in your righteousness!

2 Do not enter into judgment with your servant,

for no one living is righteous before you.

3 For the enemy has pursued my being;

he has crushed my life to the ground;

he has made me to live in dark places

like those dead a long time.

4 My breath is faint in me;

my heart despairs within me.

5 I remember days from old;

I meditate on all your works;

I reflect on the works of your hands.

6 I spread my hands out to you;

my soul thirsts for you as in a parched land. Selah

7 Answer me quickly, Yahweh, because my spirit faints.

Do not hide your face from me,

or I will become like those who go down into the pit.

8 Let me hear your covenant faithfulness in the morning,

for I trust in you.

Make known to me the way where I should walk,

for I lift up my soul to you.

9 Rescue me from my enemies, Yahweh;

I hide in you.

10 Teach me to do your good pleasures,

for you are my God.

May your spirit of goodness

lead me in the land of uprightness.

11 Yahweh, for the sake of your name, keep me alive;

in your righteousness bring my life out of trouble.

12 In your covenant faithfulness cut off my enemies

and destroy all the enemies of my life,

for I am your servant.