# Psalms 143 [[Psalms 142|←]] • [[Psalms 144|→]] --- A Psalm of David. ### 1 Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, in thy righteousness. ### 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. ### 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten down my life to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. ### 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. ### 5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands. ### 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. ### 7 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. ### 8 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. ### 9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: unto thee I flee to hide me. ### 10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou my God: thy spirit good; lead me into the land of uprightness. ### 11 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. ### 12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I thy servant.