Psalms [Praises] 143:1-5

¹Sh'ma ·Hear obey· my prayer, Adonai . Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.

²Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is upright.

³For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

⁴Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.

⁵I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.