New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures — With References (Rbi8, en_US, 1984)

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Psalms, 143

A melody of David.*1

1 O Jehovah, hear my prayer; Do give ear to my entreaty. In your faithfulness answer me in your righteousness.

2 And do not enter into judgment with your servant; For before you no one alive can be righteous.

3 For the enemy has pursued my soul; He has crushed my life to the very earth. He has caused me to dwell in dark places like those dead for time indefinite.

4 And my spirit faints away within me; In the midst of me my heart shows itself numbed.

5 I have remembered days of long ago; I have meditated on all your activity; I willingly kept myself concerned with the work of your own hands.

6 I have spread out my hands to you; My soul is like an exhausted land to you. Seʹlah.*1

  1. This is the last Selah of the 71 in Psalms. See 3:2 and ftn, “Selah.”

7 O hurry, answer me, O Jehovah. My spirit has come to an end. Do not conceal your face from me, Or else I must become comparable with those going down into the pit.

8 In the morning cause me to hear your loving-kindness,*1 For in you I have put my trust. Make known to me the way in which I should walk, For to you I have lifted up my soul.

  1. Or, “loyal love.”

9 Deliver me from my enemies, O Jehovah. I have taken cover*1 even with you.

  1. Lit., “I have covered.”

10 Teach me to do your will,*1 For you are my God. Your spirit is good; May it lead me in the land of uprightness.

  1. Or, “pleasure.”

11 For the sake of your name, O Jehovah, may you preserve me alive. In your righteousness may you bring forth my soul out of distress.

12 And in your loving-kindness may you silence my enemies; And you must destroy all those showing hostility to my soul, For I am your servant.