Psalms 143:4-11

⁴My spirit is faint within me, my heart is bewildered within me.

⁵I remember the days of old, and brood over all you have done, musing on all that your hands have wrought.

⁶I spread out my hands to you: I thirst for you, like parched earth. Selah

⁷Answer me soon, Lord, because my spirit is spent. Hide not your face from me, else become I like those who go down to the pit.

⁸Let me learn of your love in the morning, for my trust is in you. Teach me the way I should go: for my heart longs for you.

⁹Save me, O Lord, from my foes: for to you I have fled for refuge.

¹⁰Teach me to do your will, for you yourself are my God. Guide me by your good spirit, O Lord, on a way that is smooth.

¹¹Be true to your name Lord, spare me, bring me out of distress in your faithfulness.