174) Psalm 143 (1st Version)

Psalm 143 (1st Version) A Psalm of David.

8.6.8.6 1 Lord, hear my pray’r, attend my suits; and in thy faithfulness Give thou an answer unto me, and in thy righteousness.

2 Thy servant also bring thou not in judgment to be try’d:

Because no living man can be in thy sight justify’d.

3 For th’ en’my hath pursu’d my soul, my life to ground down tread: In darkness he hath made me dwell, as who have long been dead.

4 My sp’rit is therefore overwhelm’d in me perplexedly;

Within me is my very heart amazed wondrously.

5 I call to mind the days of old, to meditate I use On all thy works; upon the deeds I of thy hands do muse.

6 My hands to thee I stretch; my soul thirsts, as dry land, for thee.

7 Haste, Lord, to hear, my spirit fails: hide not thy face from me;

Lest like to them I do become that go down to the dust.

8 At morn let me thy kindness hear; for in thee do I trust.

Teach me the way that I should walk:

I lift my soul to thee.

9 Lord, free me from my foes; I flee to thee to cover me.

10 Because thou art my God, to do thy will do me instruct:

Thy Sp’rit is good, me to the land of uprightness conduct.

11 Revive and quicken me, O Lord, ev’n for thine own name’s sake; And do thou, for thy righteousness, my soul from trouble take.

12 And of thy mercy slay my foes; let all destroyed be That do afflict my soul: for I a servant am to thee.

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