Psalm 143

A Psalm of David.

Hear my prayer, O LORD,

Give ear to my supplications!

Answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your

righteousness!

And do not enter into judgement with

Your servant,

For in Your sight no man living is

righteous.

For the enemy has persecuted my

soul;

He has crushed my life to the ground;

He has mad me dwell in dark places,

like those who have long been dead.

Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed

within me;

I remember the day of old;

I meditate on the work of Your Hands.

I stretch out my hands to You;

My soul longs for You, as a parched

land.

Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit

fails;

Do not hide Your face from me,

Or I will become like those who go

down to the pit.

Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the

morning;

Teach me the way in which I should

walk;

For to You I lift up my soul.

Deliver me, O LORD, form my

enemies;

I take refuge in You.

Teach me to do Your will,

For you are my God;

Let Your good Spirit lead me on level

ground.

For the sake of Your name, O LORD,

revive me.

In Your righteousness bring my soul out

of trouble.

And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my

enemies

And destroy all those who afflict my

soul,

For I am Your servant.

This has been a Psalm that I have prayed for the last few months. It has been the prayer I have cried out to God with and I have found peace and comfort in it.