# Psalm 143 ## Psalm 143:1 - [KJV] Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, *and* in thy righteousness. - [ASV] Hear my prayer, O Jehovah; Give ear to my supplications: In thy faithfulness answer me, *and* in thy righteousness. - [YLT] O Jehovah, hear my prayer, Give ear unto my supplications, In Thy faithfulness answer me -- in Thy righteousness. ### Notes on Psalm 143:1 - ## Psalm 143:2 - [KJV] And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. - [ASV] And enter not into judgment with thy servant; For in thy sight no man living is righteous. - [YLT] And enter not into judgment with Thy servant, For no one living is justified before Thee. ### Notes on Psalm 143:2 - ## Psalm 143:3 - [KJV] For 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. - [ASV] For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead. - [YLT] For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old. ### Notes on Psalm 143:3 - ## Psalm 143:4 - [KJV] Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. - [ASV] Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate. - [YLT] And my spirit in me is become feeble, Within me is my heart become desolate. ### Notes on Psalm 143:4 - ## Psalm 143:5 - [KJV] I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands. - [ASV] I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy doings; I muse on the work of thy hands. - [YLT] I have remembered days of old, I have meditated on all Thine acts, On the work of Thy hand I muse. ### Notes on Psalm 143:5 - ## Psalm 143:6 - [KJV] I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul *thirsteth* after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. - [ASV] I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soul *thirsteth* after thee, as a weary land. *Selah* - [YLT] I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul *is* as a weary land for Thee. Selah. ### Notes on Psalm 143:6 - ## Psalm 143:7 - [KJV] Hear 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. - [ASV] Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; My spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit. - [YLT] Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down *to* the pit. ### Notes on Psalm 143:7 - ## Psalm 143:8 - [KJV] Cause 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. - [ASV] Cause 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. - [YLT] Cause me to hear in the morning Thy kindness, For in Thee I have trusted, Cause me to know the way that I go, For unto Thee I have lifted up my soul. ### Notes on Psalm 143:8 - ## Psalm 143:9 - [KJV] Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. - [ASV] Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. - [YLT] Deliver me from mine enemies, O Jehovah, Near Thee I am covered. ### Notes on Psalm 143:9 - ## Psalm 143:10 - [KJV] Teach me to do thy will; for thou *art* my God: thy spirit *is* good; lead me into the land of uprightness. - [ASV] Teach me to do thy will; For thou art my God: Thy Spirit is good; Lead me in the land of uprightness. - [YLT] Teach me to do Thy good pleasure, For Thou *art* my God -- Thy Spirit *is* good, Lead me into a land of uprightness. ### Notes on Psalm 143:10 - ## Psalm 143:11 - [KJV] Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. - [ASV] Quicken me, O Jehovah, for thy name's sake: In thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble. - [YLT] For Thy name's sake O Jehovah, Thou dost quicken me, In Thy righteousness, Thou bringest out from distress my soul, ### Notes on Psalm 143:11 - ## Psalm 143:12 - [KJV] And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I *am* thy servant. - [ASV] And in thy lovingkindness cut off mine enemies, And destroy all them that afflict my soul; For I am thy servant. - [YLT] And in Thy kindness cuttest off mine enemies, And hast destroyed all the adversaries of my soul, For I *am* Thy servant! ### Notes on Psalm 143:12 -