Psalm 143:3-8

New International Version

³ The enemy pursues me,
    he crushes me to the ground;
he makes me dwell in the darkness^(A)
    like those long dead.^(B)
4 So my spirit grows faint within me;
    my heart within me is dismayed.^(C)
5 I remember^(D) the days of long ago;
    I meditate^(E) on all your works
    and consider what your hands have done.
⁶ I spread out my hands^(F) to you;
    I thirst for you like a parched land.^[a]