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Psalm 143 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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My Soul Reaches for You

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A Psalm of David.

O Yahweh, hear my prayer,

Give ear to my supplications!

Answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your righteousness!

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And do not enter into judgment with Your slave,

For no one living is righteous in Your sight.

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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.

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Therefore my spirit was faint within me;

My heart was [fn]appalled within me.

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I remember the days of old;

I meditate on all You have done;

I muse on the work of Your hands.

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I stretch out my hands to You;

My soul reaches for You like a weary land. [fn]Selah.

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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.

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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.

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Deliver me from my enemies, O Yahweh,

I have concealed myself in You.

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Teach me to do Your will,

For You are my God;

Let Your good Spirit lead me on level [fn]ground.

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For the sake of Your name, O Yahweh, revive me.

In Your righteousness bring my soul out of distress.

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And in Your lovingkindness, [fn]cut off my enemies

And cause all those who assail my soul to perish,

For I am Your slave.

LSB Footnotes
Or desolate
Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
Lit land
Or silence
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