The Psalms, starting at chapter 142
Psalm 142
A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer.
{142:1} I cry with my voice to the LORD.
With my voice, I ask the LORD for mercy.
{142:2} I pour out my complaint before him.
I tell him my troubles.
{142:3} When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,
you knew my path.
In the way in which I walk,
they have hidden a snare for me.
{142:4} Look on my right, and see;
for there is no one who is concerned for me.
Refuge has fled from me.
No one cares for my soul.
{142:5} I cried to you, LORD.
I said, "You are my refuge,
my portion in the land of the living."
{142:6} Listen to my cry,
for I am in desperate need.
deliver me from my persecutors,
For they are stronger than me.
{142:7} Bring my soul out of prison,
that I may give thanks to your name.
The righteous will surround me,
for you will be good to me.
Psalm 143
A Psalm by David.
{143:1} Hear my prayer, LORD.
Listen to my petitions.
In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
{143:2} Don't enter into judgment with your servant,
for in your sight no man living is righteous.
{143:3} 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.
{143:4} Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me.
My heart within me is desolate.
{143:5} I remember the days of old.
I meditate on all your doings.
I contemplate the work of your hands.
{143:6} I spread forth my hands to you.
My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land.
Selah.
{143:7} Hurry to answer me, LORD.
My spirit fails.
Don't hide your face from me,
so that I don't become like those who go down into the pit.
{143:8} 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.
{143:9} Deliver me, LORD, from my enemies.
I flee to you to hide me.
{143:10} Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
Your Spirit is good.
Lead me in the land of uprightness.
{143:11} Revive me, LORD, for your name's sake.
In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
{143:12} In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies,
and destroy all those who afflict my soul,
For I am your servant.
Psalm 144
By David.
{144:1} Blessed be the LORD, my rock,
who teaches my hands to war,
and my fingers to battle:
{144:2} my loving kindness, my fortress,
my high tower, my deliverer,
my shield, and he in whom I take refuge;
who subdues my people under me.
{144:3} LORD, what is man, that you care for him?
Or the son of man, that you think of him?
{144:4} Man is like a breath.
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
{144:5} Part your heavens, LORD, and come down.
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
{144:6} Throw out lightning, and scatter them.
Send out your arrows, and rout them.
{144:7} Stretch out your hand from above,
rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters,
out of the hands of foreigners;
{144:8} whose mouths speak deceit,
Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
{144:9} I will sing a new song to you, God.
On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.
{144:10} You are he who gives salvation to kings,
who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
{144:11} Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners,
whose mouths speak deceit,
whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
{144:12} Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants,
our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
{144:13} Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision.
Our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
{144:14} Our oxen will pull heavy loads.
There is no breaking in, and no going away,
and no outcry in our streets.
{144:15} Happy are the people who are in such a situation.
Happy are the people whose God is the LORD.
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