{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/psalms/143","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:43:43.449Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":143,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":142,"nextChapter":144,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":12},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Don't enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Revive me, Yahweh, for your name's sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant. By David."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 143 (WEB)","markdown":"[Psalms 143](https://primebible.com/web/psalms/143)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/psalms/143 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}