“My Soul Thirsts for You” Psalm 143
A Psalm of David.
Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God!
Let your good Spirit lead me
on level ground!
143
Hear my prayer, O Lord;
give ear to my pleas for mercy!
In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
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Enter not into judgment with your servant,
for no one living is righteous before you.
3
For the enemy has pursued my soul;
he has crushed my life to the ground;
he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
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Therefore my spirit faints within me;
my heart within me is appalled.
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I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all that you have done;
I ponder the work of your hands.
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I stretch out my hands to you;
my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah
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Answer me quickly, O Lord!
My spirit fails!
Hide not your face from me,
lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
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Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
for in you I trust.
Make me know the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.
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Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord!
I have fled to you for refuge.[a]
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Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God!
Let your good Spirit lead me
on level ground!
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For your name’s sake, O Lord, preserve my life!
In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!
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And in your steadfast love you will cut off my enemies,
and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul,
for I am your servant.
Glory be to the Father and I to the Son”
and to the Holy | Spirit;
as it was in the be- | ginning,*
is now, and will be forever. | Amen.
Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God!
Let your good Spirit lead me
on level ground!
COLLECT OF THE DAY
O God, on this day You once taught the hearts of Your faithful people by sending them the light of Your Holy Spirit. Grant us in our day by the same Spirit to have a right understanding in all things and evermore to rejoice in His holy consolation; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit one God, now and forever. Amen