My Soul Thirsts for You
A Psalm of David.
1 Hear my prayer, O Lord;
Ps. 140:6give ear to my pleas for mercy!
In your 1 John 1:9;[Ps. 31:1]faithfulness answer me, in your 1 John 1:9;[Ps. 31:1]righteousness!
2 [Job 14:3] Enter not into judgment with your servant,
for no one living is righteous Ps. 130:3;1 Kgs. 8:46;Job 9:2;15:14;25:4;Eccles. 7:20;Rom. 3:23;1 Cor. 4:4before you.
3 For the enemy has pursued my soul;
See Ps. 88:3-6he has crushed my life to the ground;
Lam. 3:6he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
4 Therefore my spirit See Ps. 77:3faints within me;
my heart within me is appalled.
5 Ps. 77:5,11I remember the days of old;
Ps. 77:12;111:2I meditate on all that you have done;
I ponder the work of your hands.
6 See Job 11:13I stretch out my hands to you;
Ps. 42:2my soul thirsts for you like [Ps. 63:1]a parched land. Selah
7 Ps. 69:17;102:2Answer me quickly, O Lord!
[Ps. 84:2] My spirit fails!
Ps. 27:9Hide not your face from me,
Ps. 28:1;88:4lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
8 [Ps. 90:14] Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
for in you I Ps. 11:1;25:2trust.
Ps. 25:4Make me know the way I should go,
Ps. 25:1for to you I lift up my soul.
9 Ps. 59:1;142:6Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord!
I have fled to you for refuge.143:9 One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts To you I have covered
10 [Ps. 119:12] Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God!
Neh. 9:20Let your good Spirit See Ps. 23:3lead me
on Isa. 26:10;[Ps. 27:11]level ground!
11 Ps. 23:3;25:11For your name’s sake, O Lord, See Ps. 71:20preserve my life!
In your righteousness Ps. 142:7bring my soul out of trouble!
12 And in your steadfast love you will Ps. 54:5cut off my enemies,
and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul,
for I am your See Ps. 116:16servant.