²     O Lord, hear my voice!
^(A)Let your ears be attentive
    to ^(B)the voice of my pleas for mercy!

² Give attention to the sound of my cry,
    my ^(A)King and my God,
    for ^(B)to you do I pray.

143 Hear my prayer, O Lord;
    ^(A)give ear to my pleas for mercy!
    In your ^(B)faithfulness answer me, in your ^(C)righteousness!
^2 (D)Enter not into judgment with your servant,
    for no one living is righteous ^(E)before you.