Psalms 143-145

Psalm 143

¹A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD; 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 smitten my life down to the ground: he hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

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

⁵I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy doings: 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

⁷Make haste to answer me, 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 I lift up my soul unto thee.

⁹Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

¹⁰Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me in the land of uprightness.

¹¹Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake: in thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.

¹²And in thy lovingkindness cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul; for I am thy servant.

Psalm 144

¹A Psalm off David. Blessed be the LORD my rock, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

²My lovingkindness, and my fortress, my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; 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 to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

⁵Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

⁶Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.

⁷Stretch forth thine hand from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hand of strangers;

⁸Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

⁹I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

¹⁰It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who rescueth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

¹¹Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of strangers, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

¹²When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth; and our daughters as corner stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;

¹³When our garners are full, affording all manner of store; and our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;

¹⁴When our oxen are well laden; when there is no breaking in, and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets;

¹⁵Happy is the people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is the people, whose God is the LORD.

Psalm 145

¹A Psalm of praise; of David. I will extol thee, my God, O King; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

²Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

³Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

⁴One generation shall laud thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

⁵Of the glorious majesty of thine honour, and of thy wondrous works, will I meditate.

⁶And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts; and I will declare thy greatness.

⁷They shall utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.

⁸The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

⁹The LORD is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works.

¹⁰All thy works shall give thanks unto thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.

¹¹They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;

¹²To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.

¹³Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

¹⁴The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

¹⁵The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

¹⁶Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

¹⁷The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.

¹⁸The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

¹⁹He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him; he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

²⁰The LORD preserveth all them that love him; but all the wicked will he destroy.

²¹My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD; and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.