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I have no way to flee;

No man careth for my soul.

 

⁶I have cried unto Thee, O Lord;

I have said: 'Thou art my refuge,

My portion in the land of the living.'

⁷Attend unto my cry;

For I am brought very low;

Deliver me from my persecutors;

For they are too strong for me.

⁸Bring my soul out of prison,

That I may give thanks unto Thy name;

The righteous shall crown themselves because of me;

For Thou wilt deal bountifully with me.

143 A Psalm of David.

O Lord, hear my prayer, give ear to my supplications;

In Thy faithfulness answer me, and in Thy righteousness.

²And enter not into judgment with Thy servant;

For in Thy sight shall no man living be justified.

 

³For the enemy hath persecuted my soul;

He hath crushed my life down to the ground;

He hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

⁴And my spirit fainteth within me;

My heart within me is appalled.

 

⁵I remember the days of old;

I meditate on all Thy doing;

I muse on the work of Thy hands.

⁶I spread forth my hands unto Thee;

My soul [thirsteth] after Thee, as a weary land. Selah

 

⁷Answer me speedily, O Lord,

My spirit faileth;

Hide not Thy face from me;

Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.

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 unto Thee have I lifted up my soul.

 

⁹Deliver me from mine enemies, O Lord;

With Thee have I hidden myself.

¹⁰Teach me to do Thy will,

For Thou art my God;

Let Thy good spirit

Lead me in an even land.

¹¹For Thy name's sake, O Lord, quicken me;

In Thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.

¹²And in Thy mercy cut off mine enemies,

And destroy all them that harass my soul;

For I am Thy servant.

144 [A Psalm] of David.

Blessed be the Lord my Rock,

Who traineth my hands for war,

And my fingers for battle;

²My lovingkindness, and my fortress,

My high tower, and my deliverer;

My shield, and He in whom I take refuge;

Who subdueth my people under me.

 

³Lord, what is man, that Thou takest knowledge of him?

Or the son of man, that Thou makest account of him?

⁴Man is like unto a breath;

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