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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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/143.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">My Soul Thirsts for You</p><subheading class="psalm-title">A Psalm of David.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Hear my prayer, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent">give ear to my pleas for mercy!</span><br /><span class="indent">In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Enter not into judgment with your servant,</span><br /><span class="indent">for no one living is righteous before you.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For the enemy has pursued my soul;</span><br /><span class="indent">he has crushed my life to the ground;</span><br /><span class="indent">he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Therefore my spirit faints within me;</span><br /><span class="indent">my heart within me is appalled.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I remember the days of old;</span><br /><span class="indent">I meditate on all that you have done;</span><br /><span class="indent">I ponder the work of your hands.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I stretch out my hands to you;</span><br /><span class="indent">my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. <selah>Selah</selah></span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Answer me quickly, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span><br /><span class="indent">My spirit fails!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Hide not your face from me,</span><br /><span class="indent">lest I be like those who go down to the pit.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,</span><br /><span class="indent">for in you I trust.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Make me know the way I should go,</span><br /><span class="indent">for to you I lift up my soul.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Deliver me from my enemies, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span><br /><span class="indent">I have fled to you for refuge.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts To you I have covered">a</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Teach me to do your will,</span><br /><span class="indent">for you are my God!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Let your good Spirit lead me</span><br /><span class="indent">on level ground!</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For your name’s sake, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, preserve my life!</span><br /><span class="indent">In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/143-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">And in your steadfast love you will cut off my enemies,</span><br /><span class="indent">and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul,</span><br /><span class="indent">for I am your servant.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts <i>To you I have covered</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The 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