Psalm 143

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Psalm 143

Prayer for Deliverance and Guidance.

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Hear my prayer, O Lord,
^(A)Give ear to my supplications!
Answer me in Your ^(B)faithfulness, in Your ^(C)righteousness!

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And ^(D)do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight ^(E)no man living is righteous.

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For the enemy has persecuted my soul;
He has crushed my life ^(F)to the ground;
He ^(G)has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.

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Therefore ^(H)my spirit ^(a)is overwhelmed within me;
My heart is ^(b)^(I)appalled within me.

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I ^(J)remember the days of old;
I ^(K)meditate on all Your doings;
I ^(L)muse on the work of Your hands.

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I ^(M)stretch out my hands to You;
My ^(N)soul longs for You, as a ^(c)parched land. ^(d)Selah.

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^(O)Answer me quickly, O Lord, my ^(P)spirit fails;
^(Q)Do not hide Your face from me,
Or I will become like ^(R)those who go down to the pit.

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Let me hear Your ^(S)lovingkindness ^(T)in the morning;
For I trust ^(U)in You;
Teach me the ^(V)way in which I should walk;
For to You I ^(W)lift up my soul.

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^(X)Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies;
^(e)I take refuge in You.

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^(Y)Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
Let ^(Z)Your good Spirit ^(AA)lead me on level ^(f)ground.

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^(AB)For the sake of Your name, O Lord, ^(AC)revive me.
^(AD)In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.

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And in Your lovingkindness, ^(g)^(AE)cut off my enemies
And ^(AF)destroy all those who afflict my soul,
For ^(AG)I am Your servant.

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 143:4: ['Lit ', faints]

b. Psalm 143:4: ['Or ', desolate]

c. Psalm 143:6: ['Lit ', weary]

d. Psalm 143:6: [Selah, ' may mean: ', Pause, Crescendo, ' or ', Musical interlude]

e. Psalm 143:9: ['Lit ', To You have I hidden]

f. Psalm 143:10: ['Lit ', land]

g. Psalm 143:12: ['Or ', silence]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 143:1: Psalm 140:6

B. Psalm 143:1: Psalm 89:1; Psalm 89:2

C. Psalm 143:1: Psalm 71:2

D. Psalm 143:2: Job 14:3; Job 22:4

E. Psalm 143:2: Job 4:17; Job 9:2; Job 25:4; Psalm 130:3; Romans 3:10; Romans 3:20; Galatians 2:16

F. Psalm 143:3: Psalm 44:25

G. Psalm 143:3: Psalm 88:6; Lamentations 3:6

H. Psalm 143:4: Psalm 77:3; Psalm 142:3

I. Psalm 143:4: Lamentations 3:11

J. Psalm 143:5: Psalm 77:5; Psalm 77:10; Psalm 77:11

K. Psalm 143:5: Psalm 77:12

L. Psalm 143:5: Psalm 105:2

M. Psalm 143:6: Job 11:13; Psalm 88:9

N. Psalm 143:6: Psalm 42:2; Psalm 63:1

O. Psalm 143:7: Psalm 69:17

P. Psalm 143:7: Psalm 73:26; Psalm 84:2; Jeremiah 8:18; Lamentations 1:22

Q. Psalm 143:7: Psalm 27:9; Psalm 69:17; Psalm 102:2

R. Psalm 143:7: Psalm 28:1; Psalm 88:4

S. Psalm 143:8: Psalm 90:14

T. Psalm 143:8: Psalm 46:5

U. Psalm 143:8: Psalm 25:2

V. Psalm 143:8: Psalm 27:11; Psalm 32:8; Psalm 86:11

W. Psalm 143:8: Psalm 25:1; Psalm 86:4

X. Psalm 143:9: Psalm 31:15; Psalm 59:1

Y. Psalm 143:10: Psalm 25:4; Psalm 25:5; Psalm 119:12

Z. Psalm 143:10: Nehemiah 9:20

AA. Psalm 143:10: Psalm 23:3

AB. Psalm 143:11: Psalm 25:11

AC. Psalm 143:11: Psalm 119:25

AD. Psalm 143:11: Psalm 31:1; Psalm 71:2

AE. Psalm 143:12: Psalm 54:5

AF. Psalm 143:12: Psalm 52:5

AG. Psalm 143:12: Psalm 116:16