Psalms 143 from Scroll 4Q97 Psalmsp
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.
[..]
6 I spread out my hands to you.
My
soul thirsts for you, like a parched land.
Selah.
7 Hurry
to
answer me, Yahweh.
My spirit
fails.
Don’t
hide your face from me,
so
that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.
8 Cause me to hear
your loving kindness in the morning,
for
I trust in you.
Cause
me to know the way in which I should walk,
for
I lift up my soul to you.
Psalms
143 from
11Q5
Psalmsa
A
Psalm by David.
1 Hear my prayer, Yahweh.
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.
6 I spread out my hands
to you.
My
soul thirsts for you, like a parched land.
Selah.
7 Hurry to answer me,
Yahweh.
My
spirit fails.
Don’t
hide your face from me,
so
that I don’t become like those who go down into
the pit.
8 Cause
me to hear
your loving kindness in the morning,
for
I trust in you.
Cause
me to know the way in which I should walk,
for
I
lift up my soul to you.
Dead Sea Scrolls Bible Translations