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Psalm 143 Help

1. David's Request -

It's Personal - 1 Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications:

It's Powerful - in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness

It's Prudential - 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant:

for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

It's Painful -

The Distress - 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul;

The Depth - he hath smitten my life down to the ground;

The Darkness - he hath made me to dwell in darkness,

The Death - as those that have been long dead.

It's Pitiful -

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

It's Profitable -

His Past Meditation - 5 I remember the days of old;

His Present Motivation - I meditate on all thy works;

His Promised Mediation - I muse on the work of thy hands.

It's Purposeful -

The Act - 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee:

The Aim - my soul thirsteth after thee,

The Ask - as a thirsty land. Selah.

2. David's Resolve -

To Be Heard -

It's Emergency - 7 Hear me speedily, O Lord:

It's Expediency - my spirit faileth:

It's Expectancy - hide not thy face from me,

It's Efficiency - lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

To Be Helped -

It's Timing - 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning;

It's Trust - for in thee do I trust:

It's Training - cause me to know the way wherein I should walk;

It's Truth - for I lift up my soul unto thee.

To Be Hidden -

9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

To Be Healed - Through -

The Will of God - 10 Teach me to do thy will;

The Wait on God - for thou art my God:

The Word from God - thy spirit is good;

The Way to God - lead me into the land of uprightness.

3. David's Reward -

Life - 11 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name’s sake:

Lift - for thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.

Law - 12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies,

Liberty - and destroy all them that afflict my soul:

Love - for I am thy servant.

Not just to be free, but to be freed by God Himself.