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Psalms 143
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1(144) [A Psalm] of David concerning Goliad. Blessed [be] the Lord my God, who instructs my hands for battle, [and] my fingers for war.
1Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
2My mercy, and my refuge; my helper, and my deliverer; my protector, in whom I have trusted; who subdues my people under me.
2And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
3Lord, what is man, that you are made known to him? or the son of man, that you take account of him?
3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
4Man is like to vanity: his days pass as a shadow.
4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
5O Lord, bow your heavens, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
6Send lightning, and you shall scatter them: send forth your arrows, and you shall discomfit them.
6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
7Send forth your hand from on high; rescue me , and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hand of strange children;
7Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
8whose mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity.
8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
9O God, I will sing a new song to you: I will play to you on a lute of ten strings.
9Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
10[Even] to him who gives salvation to kings: who redeems his servant David from the hurtful sword.
10Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
11Deliver me, and rescue me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity;
11Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name’s sake: for thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
12whose children are as plants, strengthened in their youth: their daughters are beautiful, sumptuously adorned after the similitude of a temple.
12And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.