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Psalms 143:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" For 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. "

Psalms 143:3

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1 Hear my prayer, LORD. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.

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

3 For 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.

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

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

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Psalms 143:1

"Hear my prayer, LORD. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me."

Psalms 143:2

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

Psalms 143:4

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

Psalms 143:5

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

Psalms 143:6

"I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah."

Psalms 143:7

"Hurry to answer me, LORD. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit."

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