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LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext3">A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD, Give ear to my supplications! Answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your righteousness!</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext4">A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, <i>and</i> in thy righteousness.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext5">A Davidic psalm. LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness listen to my plea, and in Your righteousness answer me. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext3">And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no man living is righteous.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous in Your sight. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in the darkness like those long dead.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext3">For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext4">For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext5">For the enemy has pursued me, crushing me to the ground, making me live in darkness like those long dead. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So my spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; My heart is appalled within me.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext5">My spirit is weak within me; my heart is overcome with dismay. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/psalms/143.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/psalms/143.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/psalms/143.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/psalms/143.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/143.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext3">I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your doings; I muse on the work of Your hands.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext4">I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext5">I remember the days of old; I meditate on all You have done; I reflect on the work of Your hands. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext3">I stretch out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, as a parched land. Selah.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext4">I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul <i>thirsteth</i> after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext5">I spread out my hands to You; I am like parched land before You. Selah </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Answer me quickly, O LORD! My spirit fails! Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will become like those who go down to the pit.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit fails. Don't hide Your face from me, or I will be like those going down to the Pit. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Let me experience Your faithful love in the morning, for I trust in You. Reveal to me the way I should go because I long for You. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Rescue me from my enemies, LORD, for I hide myself in you.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD! I have fled to you for refuge.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies; I take refuge in You.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Rescue me from my enemies, LORD; I come to You for protection. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/psalms/143.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/psalms/143.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/psalms/143.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/psalms/143.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/143.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Teach me to do thy will; for thou <i>art</i> my God: thy spirit <i>is</i> good; lead me into the land of uprightness.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your gracious Spirit lead me on level ground. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For your name's sake, LORD, preserve my life; in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For your name’s sake, O LORD, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext3">For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Because of Your name, Yahweh, let me live. In Your righteousness deliver me from trouble, </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">In your unfailing love, silence my enemies; destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And in your steadfast love you will cut off my enemies, and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul, for I am your servant.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext3">And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies And destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am Your servant.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I <i>am</i> thy servant.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/143-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext5">and in Your faithful love destroy my enemies. 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