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href="/psalms/143-1.htm"><b></b></a></span>L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, hear my prayer.</p><p class="poem">In your faithfulness listen to my plea,</p><p class="poem">and in your righteousness answer me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.143.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.143.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Do not bring your servant into judgment,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.143.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">for no one alive is righteous in your sight.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.143.2.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.143.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For the enemy has pursued me,</p><p class="poem">crushing me to the ground,</p><p class="poem">making me live in darkness</p><p class="poem">like those long dead.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.143.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.143.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>My spirit is weak within me;</p><p class="poem">my heart is overcome with dismay.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.143.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.143.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I remember the days of old;</p><p class="poem">I meditate on all you have done;</p><p class="poem">I reflect on the work of your hands.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.143.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.143.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I spread out my hands to you;</p><p class="poem">I am like parched land before you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.143.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poemright"><span class="italic">Selah</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.143.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Answer me quickly, L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>;</p><p class="poem">my spirit fails.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.143.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Don’t hide your face from me,</p><p class="poem">or I will be like those</p><p class="poem">going down to the Pit.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.143.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.143.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Let me experience</p><p class="poem">your faithful love in the morning,</p><p class="poem">for I trust in you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.143.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Reveal to me the way I should go</p><p class="poem">because I appeal to you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.143.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.143.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Rescue me from my enemies, L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>;</p><p class="poem">I come to you for protection.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.143.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.143.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.143.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Teach me to do your will,</p><p class="poem">for you are my God.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.143.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">May your gracious Spirit</p><p class="poem">lead me on level ground.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.143.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.143.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For your name’s sake, L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,</p><p class="poem">let me live.</p><p class="poem">In your righteousness deliver me from trouble,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.143.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.143.12" /> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>and in your faithful love destroy my enemies.</p><p class="poem">Wipe out all those who attack me,</p><p class="poem">for I am your servant.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.143.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Psalms.143" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.143.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.143.9">143:9</a></span> One Hb ms, LXX; some Hb mss read <span class="italic">I cover myself to you</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Psalms.143" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.143.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.143.1">143:1</a></span> Ps 71:2; 140:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.143.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.143.2">143:2</a></span> Jb 14:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.143.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.143.2">143:2</a></span> Jb 15:14; Ps 130:3; Rm 3:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.143.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.143.3">143:3</a></span> Ps 88:3–6; Lm 3:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.143.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.143.4">143:4</a></span> Ps 77:3; 142:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.143.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.143.5">143:5</a></span> Ps 77:5,10–12</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.143.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.143.6">143:6</a></span> Jb 11:13; Ps 42:2; 63:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.143.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.143.7">143:7</a></span> Ps 69:17; 102:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.143.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.143.7">143:7</a></span> Ps 28:1; 88:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.143.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.143.8">143:8</a></span> Ps 90:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.143.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.143.8">143:8</a></span> Ps 25:1,4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.143.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.143.9">143:9</a></span> Ps 31:15; 59:1; 142:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.143.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.143.10">143:10</a></span> Ps 25:4–5; 31:14; 63:1; 86:2; 119:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.143.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.143.10">143:10</a></span> Ps 23:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.143.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.143.11">143:11</a></span> Ps 25:11; 71:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.143.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.143.12">143:12</a></span> Ps 54:5; 116:16</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Psalms.143" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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