143:1  Hear my prayer, O LORD, Give ear to my supplications! Answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your righteousness!

143:2  And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no man living acts righteously.

143:3  For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long died.

143:4  Therefore my spirit feels overwhelmed within me; My heart feels appalled within me.

143:5  I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your doings; I muse on the work of Your hands.

143:6  I stretch out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, as a parched land. Selah.

143:7   Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will become like those who go down to the pit.

143:8  Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning;For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul.

143:9   Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies; I take refuge in You.

143:10   Teach me to do Your will, For I acknowledge You as my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

143:11   For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.

143:12  And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies And destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I regard myself as Your servant.