1 Psalm 143 My Soul Reaches for You A Psalm of David.O Yahweh, hear my prayer,Give ear to my supplications!Answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your righteousness!
2 And do not enter into judgment with Your slave,For no one living is righteous in Your sight.
3 For the enemy has pursued my soul;He has crushed my life to the ground;He has made me inhabit dark places, like those who have long been dead.
4 Therefore my spirit was faint within me;My heart was 143:4Or desolate appalled within me.
5 ¶I remember the days of old;I meditate on all You have done;I muse on the work of Your hands.
6 I stretch out my hands to You;My soulreachesfor You like a weary land. 143:6Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude Selah.
7 ¶Answer me quickly, O Yahweh, my spirit wastes away;Do not hide Your face from me,Or I will become like those who go down to the pit.
8 Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning;For I trust in You;Cause me to know the way in which I should walk;For to You I lift up my soul.
9 Deliver me from my enemies, O Yahweh,I have concealedmyselfin You.
10 ¶Teach me to do Your will,For You are my God;Let Your good Spirit lead me on level 143:10Lit land ground.
11 For the sake of Your name, O Yahweh, revive me.In Your righteousness bring my soul out of distress.
12 And in Your lovingkindness, 143:12Or silence cut off my enemiesAnd cause all those who assail my soul to perish,For I am Your slave.