Psalm 143:1-8

New International Version

¹ Lord, hear my prayer,^(A)
    listen to my cry for mercy;^(B)
in your faithfulness^(C) and righteousness^(D)
    come to my relief.
² Do not bring your servant into judgment,
    for no one living is righteous^(E) before you.
³ The enemy pursues me,
    he crushes me to the ground;
he makes me dwell in the darkness^(F)
    like those long dead.^(G)
4 So my spirit grows faint within me;
    my heart within me is dismayed.^(H)
5 I remember^(I) the days of long ago;
    I meditate^(J) on all your works
    and consider what your hands have done.
⁶ I spread out my hands^(K) to you;
    I thirst for you like a parched land.^[a]