| 143:1 | 〔大衛的詩。〕耶和華阿、求你聽我的禱告、留心聽我的懇求、憑你的信實和公義應允我。 | Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. |
| 143:2 | 求你不要審問僕人.因為在你面前凡活着的人、沒有一個是義的。 | And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. |
| 143:3 | 原來仇敵逼迫我、將我打倒在地.使我住在幽暗之處、像死了許久的人一樣。 | 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. |
| 143:4 | 所以我的靈在我裏面發昏.我的心在我裏面悽慘。 | Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. |
| 143:5 | 我追想古時之日、思想你的一切作為、默念你手的工作。 | I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands. |
| 143:6 | 我向你舉手我的心渴想你、如乾旱之地盼雨一樣。〔細拉〕 | I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. |
| 143:7 | 耶和華阿、求你速速應允我.我心神耗盡.不要向我掩面、免得我像那些下坑的人一樣。 | Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. |
| 143:8 | 求你使我清晨得聽你慈愛之言、因我倚靠你.求你使我知道當行的路、因我的心仰望你。 | 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. |
| 143:9 | 耶和華阿、求你救我脫離我的仇敵.我往你那裏藏身。 | Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. |
| 143:10 | 求你指教我遵行你的旨意、因你是我的 神.你的靈本為善.求你引我到平坦之地。 | Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. |
| 143:11 | 耶和華阿、求你為你的名將我救活.憑你的公義、將我從患難中領出來. | Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. |
| 143:12 | 憑你的慈愛剪除我的仇敵、滅絕一切苦待我的人.因我是你的僕人。 | And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant. |