{"id":4759,"date":"2023-12-10T00:28:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T00:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=4759"},"modified":"2023-12-10T00:28:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T00:28:09","slug":"psalm-143","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=4759","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 143"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>(A Psalm of David.) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me,\u00a0and\u00a0in thy righteousness.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.  Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul\u00a0thirsteth\u00a0after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Cause 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.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Teach me to do thy will; for thou\u00a0art\u00a0my God: thy spirit\u00a0is\u00a0good; lead me into the land of uprightness.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name&#8217;s sake: for thy righteousness&#8217; sake bring my soul out of trouble.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I\u00a0am\u00a0thy servant.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>&#8230;let the word of Messiah dwell<\/strong><\/em><strong> (take up its life) <\/strong><em><strong>in you richly&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(A Psalm of David.) Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me,\u00a0and\u00a0in thy righteousness. And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=4759\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Psalm 143<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4759"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4759"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4765,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4759\/revisions\/4765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}