New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 143:1-7

1Hear my prayer, O Lord, 1Give ear to my supplications! Answer me in Your 2faithfulness, in Your 3righteousness!2And 4do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight 5no man living is righteous.3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life 6to the ground; He 7has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.4Therefore 8my spirit 9is overwhelmed within me; My heart is 10 11appalled within me.

5I 12remember the days of old; I 13meditate on all Your doings; I 14muse on the work of Your hands.6I 15stretch out my hands to You; My 16soul longs for You, as a 17parched land. 18Selah.

7 19Answer me quickly, O Lord, my 20spirit fails; 21Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will become like 22those who go down to the pit.

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Notes

1. Psalms 143:1 Ps 140:6 ↩
2. Psalms 143:1 Ps 89:1, 2 ↩
3. Psalms 143:1 Ps 71:2 ↩
4. Psalms 143:2 Job 14:3; 22:4 ↩
5. Psalms 143:2 1 Kin 8:46; Job 4:17; 9:2; 25:4; Ps 130:3; Eccl 7:20; Rom 3:10, 20; Gal 2:16 ↩
6. Psalms 143:3 Ps 44:25 ↩
7. Psalms 143:3 Ps 88:6; Lam 3:6 ↩
8. Psalms 143:4 Ps 77:3; 142:3 ↩
9. Psalms 143:4 Lit faints ↩
10. Psalms 143:4 Or desolate ↩
11. Psalms 143:4 Lam 3:11 ↩
12. Psalms 143:5 Ps 77:5, 10, 11 ↩
13. Psalms 143:5 Ps 77:12 ↩
14. Psalms 143:5 Ps 105:2 ↩
15. Psalms 143:6 Job 11:13; Ps 88:9 ↩
16. Psalms 143:6 Ps 42:2; 63:1 ↩
17. Psalms 143:6 Lit weary ↩
18. Psalms 143:6 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude ↩
19. Psalms 143:7 Ps 69:17 ↩
20. Psalms 143:7 Ps 73:26; 84:2; Jer 8:18; Lam 1:22 ↩
21. Psalms 143:7 Ps 27:9; 69:17; 102:2 ↩
22. Psalms 143:7 Ps 28:1; 88:4 ↩

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