Psalm 143

²In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.

¹For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.

⁶I say to the Lord, “You are my God.” Hear, O Lord, my cry for help.

¹⁶O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.

⁹If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

²⁵And now, O Lord God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,

²⁰Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

²⁰Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.

⁴How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

³If You, O Lord, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?

¹⁰If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

¹⁴What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

⁶He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.

⁵then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah

¹A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O Lord my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,

²or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

⁴I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.

⁵I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.

⁶Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.

⁹from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.

¹⁰They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.

³Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.

³I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah

³For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

⁴My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

⁵Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.

⁴⁴And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

⁸¹My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.

⁸²My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

¹⁰So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

¹¹I will remember the works of the Lord; yes, I will remember Your wonders of old.

⁵I considered the days of old, the years long in the past.

⁶At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:

⁵My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the Lord.’”

⁴He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and compassionate.

⁴⁵But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

⁴⁶This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.

⁷I will make known the Lord’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the Lord has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.

⁸For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.

¹³As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,

¹A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.

⁹My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O Lord; I spread out my hands to You.

²My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

¹For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.

²My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?

²⁰If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

¹⁷Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!

¹Of David. To You, O Lord, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.

⁹Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.

¹²Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.

¹⁸For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

²Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.

⁴Show me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths.

⁵Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

⁵Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

⁶in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

⁸I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.

¹⁷Thus says the Lord your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.

²¹And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”

⁵God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.

¹⁰The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

³For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.

⁴Let me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah

¹For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.

⁵I cry to You, O Lord: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

¹⁵My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.

²My soul boasts in the Lord; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.

³Magnify the Lord with me; let us exalt His name together.

⁴Show me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths.

⁵Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

²⁶But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.

²¹equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

³He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.

¹²Blessed are You, O Lord; teach me Your statutes.

²⁰You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.

¹For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.

⁴But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

⁵made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

²⁵My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.

²In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.

⁷If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.

¹⁴“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

¹⁵For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.

⁵He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.

¹⁶Truly, O Lord, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.

⁹⁴I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.

⁵Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

¹⁵but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.

¹⁶He led His people through the wilderness. His loving devotion endures forever.

²³But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.