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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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/psalms/143.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="psalmhdg">Psalm 143</p><p class="hebrewtitle">A psalm of David.</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="name">Lord</span>, hear my prayer,</p><p class="line2">listen to my cry for mercy;</p><p class="line1">in your faithfulness and righteousness</p><p class="line2">come to my relief.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Do not bring your servant into judgment,</p><p class="line2">for no one living is righteous before you.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The enemy pursues me,</p><p class="line2">he crushes me to the ground;</p><p class="line1">he makes me dwell in the darkness</p><p class="line2">like those long dead.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So my spirit grows faint within me;</p><p class="line2">my heart within me is dismayed.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I remember the days of long ago;</p><p class="line2">I meditate on all your works</p><p class="line2">and consider what your hands have done.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I spread out my hands to you;</p><p class="line2">I thirst for you like a parched land. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.">a</a></sup></span> </p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Answer me quickly, <span class="name">Lord</span>;</p><p class="line2">my spirit fails.</p><p class="line1">Do not hide your face from me</p><p class="line2">or I will be like those who go down to the pit.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,</p><p class="line2">for I have put my trust in you.</p><p class="line1">Show me the way I should go,</p><p class="line2">for to you I entrust my life.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Rescue me from my enemies, <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">for I hide myself in you.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Teach me to do your will,</p><p class="line2">for you are my God;</p><p class="line1">may your good Spirit</p><p class="line2">lead me on level ground.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For your name’s sake, <span class="name">Lord</span>, preserve my life;</p><p class="line2">in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>In your unfailing love, silence my enemies;</p><p class="line2">destroy all my foes,</p><p class="line2">for I am your servant.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Hebrew has <i>Selah</i> (a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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