Psalm 141

A psalm of David.

1 O LORD, I am calling to you. Please hurry!
Listen when I cry to you for help!2 Accept my prayer as incense offered to you,
and my upraised hands as an evening offering.3 Take control of what I say, O LORD,
and guard my lips.4 Don’t let me drift toward evil
or take part in acts of wickedness.
Don’t let me share in the delicacies
of those who do wrong.5 Let the godly strike me!
It will be a kindness!
If they correct me, it is soothing medicine.
Don’t let me refuse it.
But I pray constantly
against the wicked and their deeds.6 When their leaders are thrown down from a cliff,
the wicked will listen to my words and find them true.7 Like rocks brought up by a plow,
the bones of the wicked will lie scattered without burial.t8 I look to you for help, O Sovereign LORD.
You are my refuge; don’t let them kill me.9 Keep me from the traps they have set for me,
from the snares of those who do wrong.10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
but let me escape.

Psalm 142

A psalm of David, regarding his experience in the cave. A prayer.

1 I cry out to the LORD;
I plead for the LORD’s mercy.2 I pour out my complaints before him
and tell him all my troubles.3 When I am overwhelmed,
you alone know the way I should turn.
Wherever I go,
my enemies have set traps for me.4 I look for someone to come and help me,
but no one gives me a passing thought!
No one will help me;
no one cares a bit what happens to me.5 Then I pray to you, O LORD.
I say, “You are my place of refuge.
You are all I really want in life.6 Hear my cry,
for I am very low.
Rescue me from my persecutors,
for they are too strong for me.7 Bring me out of prison
so I can thank you.
The godly will crowd around me,
for you are good to me.”

Psalm 143

A psalm of David.

1 Hear my prayer, O LORD;
listen to my plea!
Answer me because you are faithful and righteous.2 Don’t put your servant on trial,
for no one is innocent before you.3 My enemy has chased me.
He has knocked me to the ground
and forces me to live in darkness like those in the grave.4 I am losing all hope;
I am paralyzed with fear.5 I remember the days of old.
I ponder all your great works
and think about what you have done.6 I lift my hands to you in prayer.
I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain.
Interlude7 Come quickly, LORD, and answer me,
for my depression deepens.
Don’t turn away from me,
or I will die.8 Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning,
for I am trusting you.
Show me where to walk,
for I give myself to you.9 Rescue me from my enemies, LORD;
I run to you to hide me.10 Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
May your gracious Spirit lead me forward
on a firm footing.11 For the glory of your name, O LORD, preserve my life.
Because of your faithfulness, bring me out of this distress.12 In your unfailing love, silence all my enemies
and destroy all my foes,
for I am your servant.

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