Psalms 143:1-7

1Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!

2Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.

3For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.

4Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.

5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands.

6I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah

7Answer me quickly, O Lord! My spirit fails! Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit.