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frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/142.htm" title="Psalm 142">◄</a> Psalm 143 <a href="../psalms/144.htm" title="Psalm 144">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="d">(A psalm by David.)</h3><h3 class="s1">A Prayer in Time of Danger</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.143.1" class="v19_143_1">1</span>Listen, <span class="nd">Lord</span>, as I pray!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_1">You are faithful and honest</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_143_1">and will answer my prayer.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.143.2" class="v19_143_2">2</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.143.2!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I am your servant.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_143_2">Don't try me in your court,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_2">because no one is innocent</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_143_2">by your standards.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.143.3" class="v19_143_3">3</span>My enemies are chasing me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_143_3">crushing me in the ground.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_3">I am in total darkness,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_143_3">like someone long dead.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.143.4" class="v19_143_4">4</span>I have given up hope,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_143_4">and I feel numb all over.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.143.5" class="v19_143_5">5</span>I remember to think about</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_5">the many things you did</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_143_5">in years gone by.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.143.6" class="v19_143_6">6</span>Then I lift my hands in prayer,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_6">because my soul is a desert,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_143_6">thirsty for water from you.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.143.7" class="v19_143_7">7</span>Please hurry, <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_7">and answer my prayer.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_143_7">I feel hopeless.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_7">Don't turn away</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_143_7">and leave me here to die.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.143.8" class="v19_143_8">8</span>Each morning let me learn</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_8">more about your love</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_143_8">because I trust you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_8">I come to you in prayer,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_143_8">asking for your guidance.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.143.9" class="v19_143_9">9</span>Please rescue me</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_9">from my enemies, <span class="nd">Lord</span>!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_143_9">I come to you for safety.<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.143.9!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.143.10" class="v19_143_10">10</span>You are my God. Show me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_143_10">what you want me to do,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_10">and let your gentle Spirit</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_143_10">lead me in the right path.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.143.11" class="v19_143_11">11</span>Be true to your name, <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_143_11">and keep my life safe.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_11">Use your saving power</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_143_11">to protect me from trouble.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.143.12" class="v19_143_12">12</span>I am your servant.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_143_12">Show how much you love me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_143_12">by destroying my enemies.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">143.9 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">I … safety: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “You are my hiding place.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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