Psalms 143:5-9

⁵I was mindful of eld or old days, I bethought in all thy works; I be-thought in the deeds of thine hands.

⁶I held forth mine hands to thee; my soul was as earth without water to thee.

⁷Lord, hear thou me swiftly; my spirit failed. Turn thou not away thy face from me; and I shall be like them that go down into the pit.

⁸Make thou early thy mercy heard to me; for I hoped in thee. Make thou known to me the way in which I shall go; for I raised my soul to thee.

⁹Deliver thou me from mine enemies; Lord, I fled to thee;