A Psalm by David.
[141:1] Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you. [141:2] Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice. [141:3] Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips. [141:4] Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don't let me eat of their delicacies. [141:5] Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds. [141:6] Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken. [141:7] "As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol." [141:8] For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don't leave my soul destitute. [141:9] Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity. [141:10] Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by.
Psalm 142
A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer.
[142:1] I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh 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, Yahweh. 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, Yahweh. 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, Yahweh. 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, Yahweh, 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, Yahweh, 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.