New American Standard Bible 2020

Psalms 143:1-7

1Hear my prayer, Lord, 1Listen to my pleadings! Answer me in Your 2faithfulness, in Your 3righteousness!2And 4do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For 5no person living is righteous in Your sight.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 9feels weak within me; My heart is 10 11appalled within me.

5I 12remember the days of old; I 13meditate on all Your accomplishments; I 14reflect on the work of Your hands.6I 15spread out my hands to You; My 16soul longs for You, like a weary land. Selah

7 17Answer me quickly, Lord, my 18spirit fails; 19Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will be the same as 20those 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 Or faints within ↩
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 143:7 Ps 69:17 ↩
18. Psalms 143:7 Ps 73:26; 84:2; Jer 8:18; Lam 1:22 ↩
19. Psalms 143:7 Ps 27:9; 69:17; 102:2 ↩
20. Psalms 143:7 Ps 28:1; 88:4 ↩

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Commentaries on Psalms 143