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psalms 143
1 - Hear my prayer, The LORD.Listen to my petitions.In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
2 - Don't enter into judgment with your servant,for in your sight no man living is righteous.
3 - For the enemy pursues my soul.He has struck my life down to the ground.He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
4 - Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me.My heart within me is desolate.
5 - I remember the days of old.I meditate on all your doings.I contemplate the work of your hands.
6 - I spread out my hands to you.My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land.Selah.
7 - Hurry to answer me, The LORD.My spirit fails.Don't hide your face from me,so that I don't become like those who go down into the pit.
8 - Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning,for I trust in you.Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,for I lift up my soul to you.
9 - Deliver me, The LORD, from my enemies.I flee to you to hide me.
10 - Teach me to do your will,for you are my God.Your Spirit is good.Lead me in the land of uprightness.
11 - Revive me, The LORD, for your name's sake.In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
12 - In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies,and destroy all those who afflict my soul,For I am your servant.
