Psalm 143: 1-8 of 12 "O hear my prayer, LORD; My cry for mercy heed." Tune: St John. Sing Psalms

Psalm 143 v1-8
tune: St John
"O hear my prayer, LORD; My cry for mercy heed."
Falkirk Free Church
metre: 6 6 6 6 8 8

The images are only intended to provide resonances with some aspects of the psalm; they are not intended as a one-to-one correspondences. They are more like visual cross-references.
image: The Three (2 Samuel 23 & 1 Chronicles 11)

PSALM 143 6 6 6 6 8 8

1 O hear my prayer, LORD;
My cry for mercy heed.
In truth and righteousness
Draw near to meet my need.
2 And do not judge me in your sight
For in your presence none is right.

3 The foe has hounded me
And crushed me to the ground,
In darkness made me dwell,
Like those in death long bound.
4 And so my spirit is afraid;
My heart within me is dismayed.

5 Therefore I call to mind
The days and years long gone;
I ponder all your works
And what your hands have done.
6 To you in prayer I spread my hands;
For you I thirst, like arid lands.

7 My spirit fails, O LORD;
Come quickly to my side.
Hide not your face from me,
Lest to the pit I slide.
8 Let morning bring your love anew,
For I have put my trust in you.

To you I lift my soul;
Show me the way to go.
9 I hide myself in you;
LORD, save me from my foe.
10 My God, teach me to do your will;
May your good Spirit lead me still.

11 For your great mercy’s sake,
O LORD, preserve my life;
And in your righteousness
Deliver me from strife.
12 In love, put all my foes to shame;
Destroy them, for I bear your name.