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Psalms 143-144 (Listen)

• Psalm 142
• Psalm 143–144
• Psalm 145

My Soul Thirsts for You

A Psalm of David.

143 Hear my prayer, O Lord;

cgive ear to my pleas for mercy!

In your dfaithfulness answer me, in your drighteousness!

2 eEnter not into judgment with your servant,

for no one living is righteous fbefore you.

3 For the enemy has pursued my soul;

ghe has crushed my life to the ground;

hhe has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.

4 Therefore my spirit ifaints within me;

my heart within me is appalled.

5 jI remember the days of old;

kI meditate on all that you have done;

I ponder the work of your hands.

6 lI stretch out my hands to you;

mmy soul thirsts for you like na parched land. Selah

7 oAnswer me quickly, O Lord!

pMy spirit fails!

qHide not your face from me,

rlest I be like those who go down to the pit.

8 sLet me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,

for in you I ttrust.

uMake me know the way I should go,

vfor to you I lift up my soul.

9 wDeliver me from my enemies, O Lord!

I have fled to you for refuge.1

10 xTeach me to do your will,

for you are my God!

yLet your good Spirit zlead me

on alevel ground!

11 bFor your name's sake, O Lord, cpreserve my life!

In your righteousness dbring my soul out of trouble!

12 And in your steadfast love you will ecut off my enemies,

and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul,

for I am your fservant.

My Rock and My Fortress

Of David.

144 Blessed be the Lord, my grock,

hwho trains my hands for war,

and my fingers for battle;

2 he is my isteadfast love and my jfortress,

my kstronghold and my deliverer,

my lshield and he in whom I take refuge,

who msubdues peoples2 under me.

3 O Lord, nwhat is man that you oregard him,

or the son of man that you think of him?

4 pMan is like a breath;

his days are like qa passing rshadow.

5 sBow your heavens, O Lord, and come down!

tTouch the mountains so that they smoke!

6 uFlash forth the lightning and scatter them;

usend out your arrows and rout them!

7 vStretch out your hand from on high;

wrescue me and deliver me from the many waters,

from the hand xof foreigners,

8 whose mouths speak ylies

and whose right hand is za right hand of falsehood.

9 I will sing aa new song to you, O God;

upon aa ten-stringed harp I will play to you,

10 who gives victory to kings,

who brescues David his servant from the cruel sword.

11 Rescue me and deliver me

from the hand xof foreigners,

whose mouths speak ylies

and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

12 May our sons in their youth

be like cplants full grown,

our daughters like dcorner pillars

cut for the structure of a palace;

13 emay our granaries be full,

fproviding 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;3

may there be no gcry of distress in our streets!

15 hBlessed are the people to whom such blessings fall!

iBlessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

• Psalm 142
• Psalm 143–144
• Psalm 145