143
Prayer for Deliverance and Guidance.
A Psalm of David.
1 Hear my prayer, O Loʀᴅ,
APs 140:6Give ear to my supplications!
Answer me in Your BPs 89:1, 2faithfulness, in Your CPs 71:2righteousness!
2 And AJob 14:3; 22:4do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight B1 Kin 8:46; Job 4:17; 9:2; 25:4; Ps 130:3; Eccl 7:20; Rom 3:10, 20; Gal 2:16no man living is righteous.
3 For the enemy has persecuted my soul;
He has crushed my life APs 44:25to the ground;
He BPs 88:6; Lam 3:6has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.
4 Therefore APs 77:3; 142:3my spirit 1Lit faintsis overwhelmed within me;
My heart is 2Or desolateBLam 3:11appalled within me.
 
5 I APs 77:5, 10, 11remember the days of old;
I BPs 77:12meditate on all Your doings;
I CPs 105:2muse on the work of Your hands.
6 I AJob 11:13; Ps 88:9stretch out my hands to You;
My BPs 42:2; 63:1soul longs for You, as a 1Lit wearyparched land. 2Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interludeSelah.
 
7 APs 69:17Answer me quickly, O Loʀᴅ, my BPs 73:26; 84:2; Jer 8:18; Lam 1:22spirit fails;
CPs 27:9; 69:17; 102:2Do not hide Your face from me,
Or I will become like DPs 28:1; 88:4those who go down to the pit.
8 Let me hear Your APs 90:14lovingkindness BPs 46:5in the morning;
For I trust CPs 25:2in You;
Teach me the DPs 27:11; 32:8; 86:11way in which I should walk;
For to You I EPs 25:1; 86:4lift up my soul.
9 APs 31:15; 59:1Deliver me, O Loʀᴅ, from my enemies;
1Lit To You have I hiddenI take refuge in You.
 
10 APs 25:4, 5; 119:12Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
Let BNeh 9:20Your good Spirit CPs 23:3lead me on level 1Lit landground.
11 APs 25:11For the sake of Your name, O Loʀᴅ, BPs 119:25revive me.
CPs 31:1; 71:2In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
12 And in Your lovingkindness, 1Or silenceAPs 54:5cut off my enemies
And BPs 52:5destroy all those who afflict my soul,
For CPs 116:16I am Your servant.

A143:1 Ps 140:6

B143:1 Ps 89:1, 2

C143:1 Ps 71:2

A143:2 Job 14:3; 22:4

B143:2 1 Kin 8:46; Job 4:17; 9:2; 25:4; Ps 130:3; Eccl 7:20; Rom 3:10, 20; Gal 2:16

A143:3 Ps 44:25

B143:3 Ps 88:6; Lam 3:6

A143:4 Ps 77:3; 142:3

1143:4 Lit faints

2143:4 Or desolate

B143:4 Lam 3:11

A143:5 Ps 77:5, 10, 11

B143:5 Ps 77:12

C143:5 Ps 105:2

A143:6 Job 11:13; Ps 88:9

B143:6 Ps 42:2; 63:1

1143:6 Lit weary

2143:6 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude

A143:7 Ps 69:17

B143:7 Ps 73:26; 84:2; Jer 8:18; Lam 1:22

C143:7 Ps 27:9; 69:17; 102:2

D143:7 Ps 28:1; 88:4

A143:8 Ps 90:14

B143:8 Ps 46:5

C143:8 Ps 25:2

D143:8 Ps 27:11; 32:8; 86:11

E143:8 Ps 25:1; 86:4

A143:9 Ps 31:15; 59:1

1143:9 Lit To You have I hidden

A143:10 Ps 25:4, 5; 119:12

B143:10 Neh 9:20

C143:10 Ps 23:3

1143:10 Lit land

A143:11 Ps 25:11

B143:11 Ps 119:25

C143:11 Ps 31:1; 71:2

1143:12 Or silence

A143:12 Ps 54:5

B143:12 Ps 52:5

C143:12 Ps 116:16

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