In You I Take Shelter (When Life is Unjust)

IN  YOU  I  TAKE  SHELTER

Psalm 143

Hear my prayer, O Yahuah,

Give ear to my supplications

In Your faithfulness, answer me

And in Your righteousness,

For I am Your servant 

In You I take shelter

My spirit’s overwhelmed within me

My heart within me is distressed

Answer me speedily, O Yahuah,

My spirit fails! 

In You I take shelter

Do not enter into judgment with Your servant

For in Your sight no one is righteous

Deliver me, O Yahuah, from my enemies

Lead me into the land of the uprightness

In You I take shelter, in You do I trust

Cause me to know the way in which I should walk 

For I lift up my soul to You

Teach me to do Your will, for You are my El,

Do not hide Your face from me

For I am Your servant 

In You I take shelter

Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness

In the morning, Your Spirit is good

Revive me, O Yahuah, for Your Name’s sake!

For Your righteousness’ sake 

Bring my soul out of trouble

In You I take shelter

Do not enter into judgment with Your servant

For in Your sight no one is righteous

Deliver me, O Yahuah, from my enemies

Lead me into the land of the uprightness

In You I take shelter, in You do I trust

2022

PSALM 143  (KJV)

1 Hear my prayer, O YAHUAH, give ear to my supplications: in Thy faithfulness answer me, and in Thy righteousness.

² And enter not into judgment with Thy servant: for in Thy sight shall no man living be justified.

³ 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.

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

⁵ I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Thy works; I muse on the work of Thy hands.

⁶ I stretch forth my hands unto Thee: my soul thirsteth after Thee, as a thirsty land.  Selah.

⁷ Hear me speedily, O YAHUAH: my spirit faileth: hide not Thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

⁸ 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.

⁹ Deliver me, O YAHUAH, from mine enemies: I flee unto Thee and unto Thy shelter, unto Thee to hide me.

¹⁰ Teach me to do Thy will; for Thou art my God: Thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

¹¹ Quicken me, O YAHUAH, for Thy Name's sake: for Thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

¹² And of Thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am Thy servant.

(edits mine)