Psalm 142-144

English Standard Version

³ When my spirit ^(E)faints within me,
    you know my way!
In the path where I walk
    they have ^(F)hidden a trap for me.
^4 (G)Look to the ^(H)right and see:
    ^(I)there is none who takes notice of me;
^(J)no refuge remains to me;
    no one cares for my soul.

⁵ I cry to you, O Lord;
    I say, “You are my ^(K)refuge,
    my ^(L)portion in ^(M)the land of the living.”
^6 (N)Attend to my cry,
    for ^(O)I am brought very low!
Deliver me from my persecutors,
    ^(P)for they are too strong for me!
^7 (Q)Bring me out of prison,
    that I may give thanks to your name!
The righteous will surround me,
    for you will ^(R)deal bountifully with me.

³ For the enemy has pursued my soul;
    ^(X)he has crushed my life to the ground;
    ^(Y)he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
⁴ Therefore my spirit ^(Z)faints within me;
    my heart within me is appalled.

^5 (AA)I remember the days of old;
    ^(AB)I meditate on all that you have done;
    I ponder the work of your hands.
^6 (AC)I stretch out my hands to you;
    ^(AD)my soul thirsts for you like ^(AE)a parched land. Selah

^7 (AF)Answer me quickly, O Lord!
    ^(AG)My spirit fails!
^(AH)Hide not your face from me,
    ^(AI)lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
^8 (AJ)Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
    for in you I ^(AK)trust.
^(AL)Make me know the way I should go,
    ^(AM)for to you I lift up my soul.

^9 (AN)Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord!
    I have fled to you for refuge.^[b]
10 (AO)Teach me to do your will,
    for you are my God!
^(AP)Let your good Spirit ^(AQ)lead me
    on ^(AR)level ground!

^11 (AS)For your name's sake, O Lord, ^(AT)preserve my life!
    In your righteousness ^(AU)bring my soul out of trouble!
¹² And in your steadfast love you will ^(AV)cut off my enemies,
    and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul,
    for I am your ^(AW)servant.

³ O Lord, ^(BE)what is man that you ^(BF)regard him,
    or the son of man that you think of him?
^4 (BG)Man is like a breath;
    his days are like ^(BH)a passing ^(BI)shadow.

^5 (BJ)Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down!
    ^(BK)Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
^6 (BL)Flash forth the lightning and scatter them;
    ^(BM)send out your arrows and rout them!
^7 (BN)Stretch out your hand from on high;
    ^(BO)rescue me and deliver me from the many waters,
    from the hand ^(BP)of foreigners,
⁸ whose mouths speak ^(BQ)lies
    and whose right hand is ^(BR)a right hand of falsehood.

⁹ I will sing ^(BS)a new song to you, O God;
    upon ^(BT)a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,
¹⁰ who gives victory to kings,
    who ^(BU)rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.
¹¹ Rescue me and deliver me
    from the hand ^(BV)of foreigners,
whose mouths speak ^(BW)lies
    and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

¹² May our sons in their youth
    be like ^(BX)plants full grown,
our daughters like ^(BY)corner pillars
    cut for the structure of a palace;
^13 (BZ)may our granaries be full,
    ^(CA)providing all kinds of produce;
may our sheep bring forth thousands
    and ten thousands in our fields;
¹⁴ may our cattle be heavy with young,
    suffering no mishap or failure in bearing;^[d]
may there be no ^(CB)cry of distress in our streets!
^15 (CC)Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall!
    ^(CD)Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!