Psalms 142:1-7

¹(143) A Psalm of David, when his son pursued him. O Lord, attend to my prayer: listen to my supplication in your truth; hear me in your righteousness.

²And enter not into judgement with your servant, for in your sight shall no man living be justified.

³For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has brought my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in a dark place, as those that have been long dead.

⁴Therefore my spirit was grieved in me; my heart was troubled within me.

⁵I remembered the days of old; and I meditated on all your doings: yes, I meditated on the works of your hands.

⁶I spread forth my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you, as a dry land. Pause.

⁷Hear me speedily, O Lord; my spirit has failed; turn not away your face from me, else I shall be like to them that go down to the pit.