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Psalm 143 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

My Soul Reaches for You

Psa 143:1

A Psalm of David.

O Yahweh, hear my prayer,

Give ear to my supplications!

Answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your righteousness!

Psa 143:2

And do not enter into judgment with Your slave,

For no one living is righteous in Your sight.

Psa 143:3

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.

Psa 143:4

Therefore my spirit was faint within me;

My heart was [fn]appalled within me.

Psa 143:5

I remember the days of old;

I meditate on all You have done;

I muse on the work of Your hands.

Psa 143:6

I stretch out my hands to You;

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

Psa 143:7

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.

Psa 143:8

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.

Psa 143:9

Deliver me from my enemies, O Yahweh,

I have concealed myself in You.

Psa 143:10

Teach me to do Your will,

For You are my God;

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

Psa 143:11

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

In Your righteousness bring my soul out of distress.

Psa 143:12

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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