143 Hear my prayer, Yahweh.
    Listen to my petitions.
    In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
² Don’t enter into judgment with your servant,
    for in your sight no man living is righteous.
³ For the enemy pursues my soul.
    He has struck my life down to the ground.
    He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
⁴ Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me.
    My heart within me is desolate.
⁵ I remember the days of old.
    I meditate on all your doings.
    I contemplate the work of your hands.
⁶ I spread out my hands to you.
    My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.
⁷ Hurry to answer me, Yahweh.
    My spirit fails.
Don’t hide your face from me,
    so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.
⁸ Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning,
    for I trust in you.
Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
    for I lift up my soul to you.
⁹ Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies.
    I flee to you to hide me.
¹⁰ Teach me to do your will,
    for you are my God.
Your Spirit is good.
    Lead me in the land of uprightness.
¹¹ Revive me, Yahweh, for your name’s sake.
    In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
¹² In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies,
    and destroy all those who afflict my soul,
    for I am your servant.