Psalm 143
Psalm 143 is the 143rd psalm of the biblical Book of Psalms in the Masoretic and modern numbering, part of the final Davidic collection of psalms, comprising Psalms 138 to 145, which are specifically attributed to David in their opening verses. It is one of the seven Penitential Psalms. The New King James Version calls it "An Earnest Appeal for Guidance and Deliverance". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint version of the Bible and in the Latin Vulgate/Vulgata Clementina, this psalm is Psalm 142. The psalm has two equal sections, verses 1-6 and 7-12, separated by a Selah. Theme 
One of the Penitential Psalms, it is a prayer to be delivered from the psalmist's enemies. It takes the form of a King's prayer for victory and peace. According to Augustine of Hippo this psalm was likely written during the period of the rebellion of David's son Absalom. Text

Hebrew Bible version 
The following is the Hebrew text of Psalm 143:

Verse 11
Revive me, O Lord, for Your name’s sake!For Your righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.Father Stavros Akrotirianakis points out that in most English translations, verse 11 reads "in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble", whereas the reading in Greek is "in your righteousness bring out of trouble my soul". This then affects the reading of verse 12. "This verse asks God specifically to destroy those who afflict our souls, not our lives." Alexander Kirkpatrick notes that the verbs "revive" and "bring" should be read as future statements based on confidence in God, rather than as imperatives. Uses
Jewish
Verse 2 is found in the repetition of the Amidah during Rosh Hashanah. New Testament
Verse 2b is quoted in Romans . Catholic Church
In the Benedictine tradition, Benedict of Nursia selected Psalm 142 (143) to be sung on Saturdays at the Office for Lauds (Chapter XIII) after Psalm 51. A number of monasteries still preserve this tradition. Psalm 143 is recited on the fourth Thursday of the four weekly cycle of liturgical prayers at Lauds (Morning Prayer) in the Liturgy of the Hours, and every Tuesday night at compline (Night Prayer). The Vulgate translation:

1  Psalmus David. Adversus Goliath. Benedictus Dominus Deus meus, qui docet manus meas ad praelium, et digitos meos ad bellum. 2  Misericordia mea et refugium meum; susceptor meus et liberator meus; protector meus,
et in ipso speravi, qui subdit populum meum sub me. 3  Domine, quid est homo, quia innotuisti ei? aut filius hominis, quia reputas
eum? 4  Homo vanitati similis factus est; dies ejus sicut umbra praetereunt. 5  Domine, inclina caelos tuos, et descende; tange montes, et fumigabunt. 6  Fulgura coruscationem et dissipabis eos; emitte sagittas tuas, et conturbabis eos. 7  Emitte manum tuam de alto: eripe me, et libera me de aquis multis, de manu
filiorum alienorum:

8  quorum os locutum est vanitatem, et dextera eorum dextera iniquitatis. 9  Deus, canticum novum cantabo tibi; in psalterio decacordo psallam tibi. 10  Qui das salutem regibus, qui redemisti David servum tuum de gladio maligno,

11  eripe me, et erue me de manu filiorum alienorum, quorum os locutum est vanitatem,
et dextera eorum dextera iniquitatis. 12  Quorum filii sicut novellae plantationes in iuventute sua;
filiae eorum compositae, circumornatae ut similitudo templi. 13  Promptuaria eorum plena, eructantia ex hoc in illud;
oves eorum foetosae, abundantes in egressibus suis;

14  Boves eorum crassae, non est ruina maceriae, neque transitus,
neque clamor in plateis eorum. 15  Beatum dixerunt populum cui haec sunt; beatus populus
cujus Dominus Deus ejus. Orthodox Church
This psalm is read at every Orthros, Paraklesis, Salutations to the Virgin Mary, and Holy Unction service. Book of Common Prayer
In the Church of England's Book of Common Prayer, this psalm is appointed to be read on the evening of the twenty-ninth day of the month, as well as at Evensong on Ash Wednesday. Musical settings 
Heinrich Schütz composed a metred paraphrase of Psalm 143 in German, "Herr, mein Gebet erhör in Gnad", SWV 248, for the Becker Psalter, published first in 1628. Alan Hovhaness set verses 1 and 5 in his 1936 work Hear my prayer, O Lord''. References

External links

  in Hebrew and English – Mechon-mamre
  King James Bible – Wikisource

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