Psalm 143 - Thursday

A psalm of David.

1 O LORD, hear my prayer,
listen to my cry for mercy;
in your faithfulness and righteousness
come to my relief.
2 Do not bring your servant into judgment,
for no one living is righteous before you.

3 The enemy pursues me,
he crushes me to the ground;
he makes me dwell in darkness
like those long dead.

4 So my spirit grows faint within me;
my heart within me is dismayed.

5 I remember the days of long ago;
I meditate on all your works
and consider what your hands have done.

6 I spread out my hands to you;
my soul thirsts for you like a parched land.
Selah

7 Answer me quickly, O LORD;
my spirit fails.
Do not hide your face from me
or I will be like those who go down to the pit.

8 Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.

9 Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD,
for I hide myself in you.

10 Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God;
may your good Spirit
lead me on level ground.

11 For your name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life;
in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.

12 In your unfailing love, silence my enemies;
destroy all my foes,
for I am your servant.

Eunice: O Lord, bring me ouit of trouble.. you are my deliverer.. Lord, even as u reveal the hearts of the deceitful ppl around me.. may I not be like them.. May I continue to be real and true, and keep me from evil.. from becoming like one of the gossipmongers.. its really scary.. Lord, may your good spirit lead me on level ground..Amen!

Crow: in yesterday's psalm and today's, David writes about his spirit growing faint and failing him.. think the Lord is saying to me that many times my spirit grows faint and weak, but i must commit it to Him... yesterday i was teaching this P4 class.. i was teaching them about diligence, but at the end of the class, i realise that the one thing many of them caught was "Never give up.." many of them have big dreams in life... i told them to never forget their dreams, when they grow up to continue chasing their dreams... I felt like i was talking to myself too.... And more than that, i felt the Lord speaking to me through the children... u should see the innocence in their eyes when they so earnestly said "We must never give up.." So much fire and passion in them... I pray that I, too, will not give up and learn to be stronger in my will... Thank u Lord for teaching me through them!

Huijuan: TEach me to do ur will, and not my will be done, but your will be done.

Chin Ling: Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for your word of unfailing love each morning. it certainly sustains me!

Sara: vs 5 brought me comfort as i remember the days of long ago, and consider what the Lord has done in my life, and all the more so will i bring myself to this truth when i feel faint and far away, dismayed and demoralised. Indeed Lord, I believe that you will deliver me, and I will be in Your courts, seeking you and drawing close to you.

Aileen: 'teach me to do your will for you are my God'.. that's my prayer that i'll always be teachable too

Dellia: Lord, lift up my spirit man..or woman (haaaa)...that I will always focus on the positive and never the negative!