143 O Yahweh, hear my prayer;
listen to my supplications.
In your faithfulness answer me,
and in your righteousness.
² And do not enter into judgment with your servant,
because no one alive is righteous before you.
³ For the enemy has pursued my soul;
he has crushed my life to the ground.
He has made me dwell in dark places
like those long dead.
⁴ And so my spirit grows faint within me;
my heart within^[b] me is desolate.
⁵ I remember the days of long ago;
I meditate on all your doings.^[c]
I muse on the labor of your hands.
⁶ I stretch out my hands to you;
my soul longs for you like a dry land. Selah
⁷ Quickly answer me, O Yahweh;
my spirit fails.
Do not hide your face from me,
or I will become
like those descending to the pit.
⁸ Cause me to hear your loyal love in the morning,
for I trust you.
Cause me to know the way that I should go,
for I lift up my soul to you.
⁹ Deliver me from my enemies, O Yahweh.
I take refuge in you.^[d]
10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God;
your Spirit is good.
Lead me onto level ground.
¹¹ For your name’s sake, O Yahweh, preserve my life;
in your righteousness bring me^[e] out of trouble.
¹² And in your loyal love destroy my enemies,
and exterminate all the adversaries of my soul,
for I am your servant.