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Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit. <a href="/nlt/psalms/143.htm">New Living Translation</a> Come quickly, LORD, and answer me, for my depression deepens. Don’t turn away from me, or I will die. <a href="/esv/psalms/143.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/psalms/143.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit. <a href="/kjv/psalms/143.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/psalms/143.htm">New King James Version</a> Answer me speedily, O LORD; My spirit fails! Do not hide Your face from me, Lest I be like those who go down into the pit. <a href="/nasb_/psalms/143.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Answer me quickly, LORD, my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will be the same as those who go down to the pit. <a href="/nasb/psalms/143.htm">NASB 1995</a> 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. <a href="/nasb77/psalms/143.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails; Do not hide Thy face from me, Lest I become like those who go down to the pit. <a href="/lsb/psalms/143.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> 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. <a href="/amp/psalms/143.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will become like those who go down into the pit (grave). <a href="/csb/psalms/143.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hcsb/psalms/143.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit fails. Don&#8217t hide Your face from me, or I will be like those going down to the Pit. <a href="/asv/psalms/143.htm">American Standard Version</a> Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit. <a href="/cev/psalms/143.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Please hurry, LORD, and answer my prayer. I feel hopeless. Don't turn away and leave me here to die. <a href="/erv/psalms/143.htm">English Revised Version</a> Make haste to answer me, O LORD; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me; lest I become like them that go down into the pit. <a href="/gwt/psalms/143.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Answer me quickly, O LORD. My spirit is worn out. Do not hide your face from me, or I will be like those who go into the pit. <a href="/gnt/psalms/143.htm">Good News Translation</a> Answer me now, LORD! I have lost all hope. Don't hide yourself from me, or I will be among those who go down to the world of the dead. <a href="/isv/psalms/143.htm">International Standard Version</a> Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit is failing. Do not hide your face from me; otherwise, I will become like those who descend to the Pit, <a href="/msb/psalms/143.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit. <a href="/net/psalms/143.htm">NET Bible</a> Answer me quickly, LORD! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave. <a href="/nheb/psalms/143.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Hurry to answer me, LORD. My spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, so that I do not become like those who go down into the pit. <a href="/wbt/psalms/143.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like them that go down into the pit. <a href="/web/psalms/143.htm">World English Bible</a> Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/psalms/143.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Hurry, answer me, O YHWH, "" My spirit has been consumed, "" Do not hide Your face from me, "" Or I have been compared with those going down [to] the pit. <a href="/ylt/psalms/143.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down to the pit. <a href="/slt/psalms/143.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Quickly answer me, O Jehovah: my spirit failed: thou wilt not hide thy face from me: I was made like those going down to the pit.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/psalms/143.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit hath fainted away. Turn not away thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. <a href="/cpdv/psalms/143.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> <V 142:7>O Lord, heed me quickly. My spirit has grown faint. Do not turn your face away from me, lest I become like those who descend into the pit. <a href="/nabre/psalms/143.htm">New American Bible</a> Hasten to answer me, LORD; for my spirit fails me. Do not hide your face from me, lest I become like those descending to the pit. <a href="/nrsvce/psalms/143.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, or I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/psalms/143.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Answer me speedily, O LORD; my spirit fails; hide not thy face from me, lest I be like them who go down into the pit. <a href="/hpbt/psalms/143.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Answer me quickly, LORD JEHOVAH, because my spirit is spent; do not turn your face from me, lest I be handed over with the descenders to the pit.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/psalms/143.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Answer me speedily, O LORD, My spirit faileth; Hide not Thy face from me; Lest I become like them that go down into the pit. <a href="/sep/psalms/143.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Hear me speedily, O Lord; my spirit has failed; turn not away thy face from me, else I shall be like to them that go down to the pit. <a href="/parallel/psalms/143-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=17692" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/psalms/143.htm">I Stretch Out My Hands to You</a> …6I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah 7<a href="/hebrew/6030.htm" title="6030: ‘ă·nê·nî (V-Qal-Imp-ms:: 1cs) -- To answer, respond.">Answer me</a> <a href="/hebrew/4118.htm" title="4118: ma·hêr (V-Piel-Imp-ms) -- Hastening, speedy, swift. From mahar; properly, hurrying; hence in a hurry.">quickly,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">O LORD;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7307.htm" title="7307: rū·ḥî (N-csc:: 1cs) -- Breath, wind, spirit. From ruwach; wind; by resemblance breath.">my spirit</a> <a href="/hebrew/3615.htm" title="3615: kā·lə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">fails.</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">Do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5641.htm" title="5641: tas·têr (V-Hifil-Imperf.Jus-2ms) -- To hide, conceal. A primitive root; to hide, literally or figuratively.">hide</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pā·ne·ḵā (N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">Your face</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nî (Prep:: 1cs) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4911.htm" title="4911: wə·nim·šal·tî (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- Denominative from mashal; to liken, i.e. to use figurative language; intransitively, to resemble.">or I will be like those</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im- (Prep) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: yō·rə·ḏê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To come or go down, descend. ">who descend</a> <a href="/hebrew/953.htm" title="953: ḇō·wr (N-ms) -- A pit, cistern, well. From buwr; a pit hole.">to the Pit.</a> 8Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/27-9.htm">Psalm 27:9</a> Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation. <a href="/psalms/69-17.htm">Psalm 69:17</a> Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly! <a href="/psalms/102-2.htm">Psalm 102:2</a> Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call. <a href="/psalms/31-22.htm">Psalm 31:22</a> In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help. <a href="/psalms/88-14.htm">Psalm 88:14</a> Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me? <a href="/isaiah/64-7.htm">Isaiah 64:7</a> No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity. <a href="/lamentations/3-8.htm">Lamentations 3:8</a> Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer. <a href="/job/13-24.htm">Job 13:24</a> Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy? <a href="/psalms/22-1.htm">Psalm 22:1</a> For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? <a href="/psalms/28-1.htm">Psalm 28:1</a> Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit. <a href="/psalms/55-1.htm">Psalm 55:1</a> For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea. <a href="/psalms/63-1.htm">Psalm 63:1</a> A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water. <a href="/psalms/77-7.htm">Psalm 77:7-9</a> “Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again? / Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time? / Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah <a href="/psalms/130-1.htm">Psalm 130:1-2</a> A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD! / O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy. <a href="/isaiah/59-2.htm">Isaiah 59:2</a> But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit fails: hide not your face from me, lest I be like to them that go down into the pit.hear me<a href="/psalms/14-1.htm">Psalm 14:1-4</a> To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good… <a href="/psalms/40-13.htm">Psalm 40:13,17</a> Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me… <a href="/psalms/70-5.htm">Psalm 70:5</a> But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.my spirit<a href="/psalms/40-12.htm">Psalm 40:12</a> For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.<a href="/psalms/69-3.htm">Psalm 69:3</a> I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.<a href="/isaiah/57-16.htm">Isaiah 57:16</a> For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.hide not<a href="/psalms/22-24.htm">Psalm 22:24</a> For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.<a href="/psalms/27-9.htm">Psalm 27:9</a> Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.<a href="/psalms/69-17.htm">Psalm 69:17</a> And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.lest I be like, etc.<a href="/psalms/28-1.htm">Psalm 28:1</a> A Psalm of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.<a href="/psalms/88-4.htm">Psalm 88:4-6,10,11</a> I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: … <a href="/isaiah/38-18.htm">Isaiah 38:18</a> For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/131-2.htm">Compared</a> <a href="/psalms/139-7.htm">Face</a> <a href="/psalms/109-24.htm">Faileth</a> <a href="/psalms/73-26.htm">Fails</a> <a href="/psalms/141-1.htm">Haste</a> <a href="/psalms/143-1.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/psalms/139-12.htm">Hide</a> <a href="/psalms/119-60.htm">Hurry</a> <a href="/psalms/103-4.htm">Pit</a> <a href="/psalms/124-3.htm">Quick</a> <a href="/psalms/141-1.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/psalms/140-11.htm">Speedily</a> <a href="/psalms/143-4.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/psalms/140-7.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/psalms/141-7.htm">Underworld</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/3-15.htm">Compared</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-13.htm">Face</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-3.htm">Faileth</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-36.htm">Fails</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-16.htm">Haste</a> <a href="/psalms/143-8.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/psalms/143-9.htm">Hide</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-16.htm">Hurry</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-12.htm">Pit</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-16.htm">Quick</a> <a href="/psalms/144-4.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/psalms/147-15.htm">Speedily</a> <a href="/psalms/143-10.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/psalms/144-1.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-12.htm">Underworld</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 143</div>1. <a href="/psalms/143-1.htm">David prays for favor in judgment</a> 3. <a href="/psalms/143-3.htm">He complains of his grief</a> 5. <a href="/psalms/143-5.htm">He strengthens his faith by meditation and prayer</a> 7. <a href="/psalms/143-7.htm">He prays for grace</a> 9. <a href="/psalms/143-9.htm">For deliverance</a> 10. <a href="/psalms/143-10.htm">For sanctification</a> 12. <a href="/psalms/143-12.htm">For destruction of his enemies</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/143.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/143.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Answer me quickly, O LORD; This phrase reflects a sense of urgency and desperation in prayer. The psalmist is in a dire situation, seeking immediate divine intervention. In the biblical context, calling upon the Lord for a swift response is common in the Psalms, where the writers often find themselves in distress. This plea for quick action underscores the psalmist's dependence on God and trust in His ability to deliver. It echoes other scriptures, such as <a href="/psalms/70.htm">Psalm 70:1</a>, where David also asks for God's speedy help.my spirit fails. Here, the psalmist expresses a deep sense of exhaustion and despair. The failing spirit indicates a point of emotional and spiritual depletion, where human strength is insufficient. This reflects the human condition in times of severe trial, where one's own resources are inadequate. The phrase can be connected to <a href="/isaiah/40-29.htm">Isaiah 40:29-31</a>, where God is described as giving strength to the weary and increasing the power of the weak, highlighting the need for divine sustenance.Do not hide Your face from me, In biblical terms, God's face represents His presence and favor. The request for God not to hide His face is a plea for continued relationship and blessing. When God’s face is hidden, it signifies a withdrawal of His presence, often associated with judgment or disfavor. This concept is seen in <a href="/numbers/6-24.htm">Numbers 6:24-26</a>, where the blessing involves God making His face shine upon His people, symbolizing His grace and peace.or I will be like those who descend to the Pit. The "Pit" is often a metaphor for Sheol, the realm of the dead, in Hebrew thought. It represents a place of darkness and separation from the living, and by extension, from God. The psalmist fears being cut off from God, akin to the dead who are beyond help. This imagery is used throughout the Psalms to describe a state of hopelessness and abandonment, as seen in <a href="/psalms/28.htm">Psalm 28:1</a>, where David fears becoming like those who go down to the pit if God remains silent. This plea underscores the psalmist's desire for life and connection with God, contrasting the finality and despair associated with the Pit.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a> The author of this psalm, David is expressing a deep sense of urgency and desperation in his plea to God. He is often seen as a man after God's own heart, yet he frequently faced trials and sought God's intervention. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal presence and faithfulness. David is calling upon Yahweh for immediate help and deliverance. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_pit.htm">The Pit</a> A metaphorical term often used in the Psalms to describe Sheol or the grave, representing a place of despair, darkness, and separation from God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/urgency_in_prayer.htm">Urgency in Prayer</a> David's plea, "Answer me quickly," teaches us the importance of bringing our urgent needs before God. In times of distress, we can approach God with the same urgency, trusting in His ability to respond. <a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a> The phrase "my spirit fails" highlights human frailty and the need for divine strength. We are reminded to rely on God when we feel weak and overwhelmed. <a href="/topical/s/seeking_god's_presence.htm">Seeking God's Presence</a> "Do not hide Your face from me" underscores the necessity of God's presence in our lives. We should earnestly seek His face, knowing that His presence brings comfort and guidance. <a href="/topical/a/avoiding_spiritual_despair.htm">Avoiding Spiritual Despair</a> The reference to "the Pit" serves as a warning against spiritual despair. Staying connected to God through prayer and scripture helps prevent feelings of hopelessness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_143.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 143</a> <a href="/q/is_'the_pit'_in_psalm_143_7_grounded_historically.htm">Psalm 143:7 warns of descending into “the pit”; does this concept have any scientific or historical grounding beyond the Hebrew worldview? </a> <a href="/q/does_psalm_70_1's_urgency_conflict_with_god's_constancy.htm">Does the urgency implied in Psalm 70:1 conflict with the concept of an eternal, unchanging God? </a> <a href="/q/how_does_proverbs_20_27_align_with_science.htm">Proverbs 20:27 claims 'the spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord'--how can this be reconciled with scientific understandings of human consciousness?</a> <a href="/q/why_cry_'out_of_the_depths'_in_psalm_130_1.htm">If God is truly omnipresent, why must the psalmist cry 'out of the depths' in Psalm 130:1 to be heard?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/143.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) With the first clause comp. <a href="/psalms/69-17.htm" title="And hide not your face from your servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.">Psalm 69:17</a>, with the second, <a href="/psalms/102-2.htm" title="Hide not your face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline your ear to me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.">Psalm 102:2</a>,This dependence on former psalms does not detract from the reality of the feeling expressed by means of these ancient sobs and cries. The contrast of the present with former times (<a href="/psalms/143-5.htm" title="I remember the days of old; I meditate on all your works; I muse on the work of your hands.">Psalm 143:5</a>) with the recollection of God's dealings then, joined to thoughtful contemplation of the reality of His power as displayed in His works, makes the psalmist's anguish the more intense, his longing the more consuming, his supplication the more urgent.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/143.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 7. - Hear me speedily, O Lord. Here the direct supplication of ver. 1 is taken up, and pressed. "Hear me, O Lord; and not only hear me, but that speedily. It is a time for haste" (comp. <a href="/psalms/141-1.htm">Psalm 141:1</a>). My spirit faileth; or, "fainteth" (LXX., ἐξέλιπε). Hide not thy face from me (comp. <a href="/psalms/27-9.htm">Psalm 27:9</a>; <a href="/psalms/69-17.htm">Psalm 69:17</a>; <a href="/psalms/102-2.htm">Psalm 102:2</a>). Lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit (see the comment on Psalm 28:1). <a href="/commentaries/psalms/143-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Answer עֲנֵ֨נִי ׀ (‘ă·nê·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6030.htm">Strong's 6030: </a> To answer, respond me quickly, מַ֘הֵ֤ר (ma·hêr) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4118.htm">Strong's 4118: </a> Hastening, speedy, swift O LORD; יְהוָה֮ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel my spirit ר֫וּחִ֥י (rū·ḥî) Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7307.htm">Strong's 7307: </a> Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit fails. כָּלְתָ֪ה (kā·lə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3615.htm">Strong's 3615: </a> To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent Do not אַל־ (’al-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> Not hide תַּסְתֵּ֣ר (tas·têr) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5641.htm">Strong's 5641: </a> To hide, conceal Your face פָּנֶ֣יךָ (pā·ne·ḵā) Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face from me, מִמֶּ֑נִּי (mim·men·nî) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of or I will be like those וְ֝נִמְשַׁ֗לְתִּי (wə·nim·šal·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4911.htm">Strong's 4911: </a> To liken, to use, language, in, to resemble who go down יֹ֥רְדֵי (yō·rə·ḏê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> To come or go down, descend to the Pit. בֽוֹר׃ (ḇō·wr) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_953.htm">Strong's 953: </a> A pit, cistern, well <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/143-7.htm">Psalm 143:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/psalms/143-7.htm">Psalm 143:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/psalms/143-7.htm">Psalm 143:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/psalms/143-7.htm">Psalm 143:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/psalms/143-7.htm">Psalm 143:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/143-7.htm">Psalm 143:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/143-7.htm">Psalm 143:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/143-7.htm">Psalm 143:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/143-7.htm">Psalm 143:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/psalms/143-7.htm">Psalm 143:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/psalms/143-7.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 143:7 Hurry to answer me Yahweh (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/143-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 143:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 143:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/143-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 143:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 143:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>