Psalms

Psalm 143:6–9

6I stretch out my hands to You;

my soul thirsts for You like a parched land.

Selah

7Answer me quickly, O LORD;

my spirit fails.

Do not hide Your face from me,

or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.

8Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning,

for I have put my trust in You.

Teach me the way I should walk,

for to You I lift up my soul.

9Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD;

I flee to You for refuge.a

Footnotes

  • a 143:9 LXX and one Hebrew manuscript; most Hebrew manuscripts in You I take cover

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Psalm 143:6

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
I stretch outפֵּרַ֣שְׂתִּיpê·raś·tîVerb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singularH6566 spread out, spread
my handsיָדַ֣יyā·ḏayNoun - feminine dual construct; first person common singularH3027 hand
to Youאֵלֶ֑יךָ’ê·le·ḵāPreposition; second person masculine singularH413 motion to
my soulנַפְשִׁ֓י׀nap̄·šîNoun - feminine singular construct; first person common singularH5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
thirstsעֲיֵפָ֖ה‘ă·yê·p̄āhAdjective - feminine singularH5889 faint, weary
for Youלְךָ֣lə·ḵāPreposition; second person masculine singular
like a parched landכְּאֶֽרֶץ־kə·’e·reṣ-Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singularH776 earth, land
Selahסֶֽלָה׃se·lāhInterjectionH5542 lift up

Psalm 143:7

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Answer meעֲנֵ֨נִי׀‘ă·nê·nîVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singularH6030 answer, respond
quicklyמַ֘הֵ֤רma·hêrVerb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singularH4118 hurrying, in a hurry
O LORDיְהוָה֮Yah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
my spiritר֫וּחִ֥יrū·ḥîNoun - common singular construct; first person common singularH7307 breath, wind, spirit
failsכָּלְתָ֪הkā·lə·ṯāhVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularH3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
Do notאַל־’al-AdverbH408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
hideתַּסְתֵּ֣רtas·têrVerb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singularH5641 hide, conceal
Your faceפָּנֶ֣יךָpā·ne·ḵāNoun - common plural construct; second person masculine singularH6440 face, before
from meמִמֶּ֑נִּיmim·men·nîPreposition; first person common singularH4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
or I will be like thoseוְ֝נִמְשַׁ֗לְתִּיwə·nim·šal·tîConjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularH4911 represent, be like
who descendיֹ֥רְדֵיyō·rə·ḏêVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructH3381 come or go down, descend
to the Pitבֽוֹר׃ḇō·wrNoun - masculine singularH953 pit, cistern, well

Psalm 143:8

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Let me hearהַשְׁמִ֘יעֵ֤נִיhaš·mî·‘ê·nîVerb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singularH8085 hear
Your loving devotionחַסְדֶּךָ֮ḥas·de·ḵāNoun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH2617 goodness, kindness
in the morningבַבֹּ֨קֶר׀ḇab·bō·qerPreposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singularH1242 morning
forכִּֽי־kî-ConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
I have put my trustבָ֫טָ֥חְתִּיḇā·ṭā·ḥə·tîVerb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularH982 trust
in Youבְךָ֪ḇə·ḵāPreposition; second person masculine singular
Teach meהוֹדִיעֵ֗נִיhō·w·ḏî·‘ê·nîVerb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singularH3045 know
the wayדֶּֽרֶךְ־de·reḵ-Noun - common singularH1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
I should walkאֵלֵ֑ךְ’ê·lêḵVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularH1980 go, come, walk
forכִּֽי־kî-ConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
to Youאֵ֝לֶיךָ’ê·le·ḵāPreposition; second person masculine singularH413 motion to
I lift upנָשָׂ֥אתִיnā·śā·ṯîVerb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularH5375 lift, take, carry
my soulנַפְשִֽׁי׃nap̄·šîNoun - feminine singular construct; first person common singularH5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion

Psalm 143:9

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Deliver meהַצִּילֵ֖נִיhaṣ·ṣî·lê·nîVerb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singularH5337 strip, plunder
from my enemiesמֵאֹיְבַ֥י׀mê·’ō·yə·ḇayPreposition-m; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common singularH341 be hostile to
O LORDיְהוָ֗הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
I flee to Youאֵלֶ֥יךָ’ê·le·ḵāPreposition; second person masculine singularH413 motion to
for refugeכִסִּֽתִי׃ḵis·si·ṯîVerb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singularH3680 cover

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 143:6 Psalm 63:1 · Job 11:13 · Psalm 84:2 · Psalm 88:9 · Psalm 42:1–2 · Psalm 44:20 · Isaiah 26:8–9 · Isaiah 35:7 · John 7:37

Psalm 143:7 Psalm 69:17 · Psalm 28:1 · Psalm 27:9 · Psalm 71:12 · Psalm 69:3 · Psalm 102:2 · Isaiah 38:18 · Psalm 70:5 · Psalm 88:4–6 · Psalm 40:12–13 · Psalm 13:1–4 · Luke 21:26

Psalm 143:8 Psalm 25:4–5 · Proverbs 3:5–6 · Psalm 32:8 · Isaiah 48:17 · Isaiah 30:21 · Psalm 46:5 · Psalm 143:10 · Psalm 27:11 · Psalm 59:16 · Psalm 90:14 · Lamentations 3:41 · Psalm 86:4

Psalm 143:9 Proverbs 18:10 · Psalm 61:3–4 · Psalm 142:5 · Psalm 59:1 · Psalm 34:2–4 · Psalm 56:9 · Psalm 31:15

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.