- 1[A Psalm of David.] Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.מִזְמ֗וֹר לְדָ֫וִ֥ד יְהוָ֤ה שְׁמַ֬ע תְּפִלָּתִ֗י הַאֲזִ֥ינָה אֶל תַּחֲנוּנַ֑י בֶּאֱמֻנָתְךָ֥ עֲ֝נֵ֗נִי בְּצִדְקָתֶֽךָ
- 2And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.וְאַל תָּב֣וֹא בְ֭מִשְׁפָּט אֶת עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֤י לֹֽא יִצְדַּ֖ק לְפָנֶ֣יךָ כָל חָֽי
- 3For 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.כִּ֥י רָ֘דַ֤ף אוֹיֵ֨ב נַפְשִׁ֗י דִּכָּ֣א לָ֭אָרֶץ חַיָּתִ֑י הוֹשִׁיבַ֥נִי בְ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים כְּמֵתֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם
- 4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.וַתִּתְעַטֵּ֣ף עָלַ֣י רוּחִ֑י בְּ֝תוֹכִ֗י יִשְׁתּוֹמֵ֥ם לִבִּֽי
- 5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.זָ֘כַ֤רְתִּי יָמִ֨ים מִקֶּ֗דֶם הָגִ֥יתִי בְכָל פָּעֳלֶ֑ךָ בְּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ אֲשׂוֹחֵֽחַ
- 6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.פֵּרַ֣שְׂתִּי יָדַ֣י אֵלֶ֑יךָ נַפְשִׁ֓י כְּאֶֽרֶץ עֲיֵפָ֖ה סֶֽלָה
- 7Hear 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.מַ֘הֵ֤ר עֲנֵ֨נִי יְהוָה֮ כָּלְתָ֪ה ר֫וּחִ֥י אַל תַּסְתֵּ֣ר פָּנֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּ֑נִּי וְ֝נִמְשַׁ֗לְתִּי עִם יֹ֥רְדֵי בֽוֹר
- 8Cause 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.הַשְׁמִ֘יעֵ֤נִי בַבֹּ֨קֶר חַסְדֶּךָ֮ כִּֽי בָ֫טָ֥חְתִּי הוֹדִיעֵ֗נִי דֶּֽרֶךְ ז֥וּ אֵלֵ֑ךְ כִּֽי אֵ֝לֶיךָ נָשָׂ֥אתִי נַפְשִֽׁי
- 9Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.הַצִּילֵ֖נִי מֵאֹיְבַ֥י יְהוָ֗ה אֵלֶ֥יךָ כִסִּֽתִי
- 10Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.לַמְּדֵ֤נִי לַֽעֲשׂ֣וֹת רְצוֹנֶךָ֮ כִּֽי אַתָּ֪ה אֱל֫וֹהָ֥י רוּחֲךָ֥ טוֹבָ֑ה תַּ֝נְחֵ֗נִי בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִישֽׁוֹר
- 11Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.לְמַֽעַן שִׁמְךָ֣ יְהוָ֣ה תְּחַיֵּ֑נִי בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֓ תוֹצִ֖יא מִצָּרָ֣ה נַפְשִֽׁי
- 12And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.וּֽבְחַסְדְּךָ֮ תַּצְמִ֪ית אֹ֫יְבָ֥י וְֽ֭הַאֲבַדְתָּ כָּל צֹרֲרֵ֣י נַפְשִׁ֑י כִּ֝֗י אֲנִ֣י עַבְדֶּֽךָ
Psalm 143 KJV
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Psalm 143 original-language research
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115 tagged Hebrew tokens77 distinct lexical entries12 of 12 verses source-tagged
כִּיH3588
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
נֶפֶשׁH5315
properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
יְהֹוָהH3068
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
אֹיֵבH341
hating; an adversary
רוּחַH7307
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
אֶרֶץH776
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
חַיH2416
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
חֵסֵדH2617
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
יָדH3027
a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]
אַלH408
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
Hebrew verse gematria
YHWSA calculates these totals directly from every consonant in the tagged Hebrew source line using the Carlo Suarès letter-number system; vowel points and cantillation marks do not add values. The totals are not reverse-mapped from English. A matching number is a comparison to investigate, not proof that two passages mean the same thing.
| Verse | Value | Workspace |
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| Psalm 143:1 | 4,595 | study verse |
| Psalm 143:2 | 2,857 | study verse |
| Psalm 143:3 | 5,616 | study verse |
| Psalm 143:4 | 3,855 | study verse |
| Psalm 143:5 | 4,465 | study verse |
| Psalm 143:6 | 3,376 | study verse |
| Psalm 143:7 | 4,939 | study verse |
| Psalm 143:8 | 4,995 | study verse |
| Psalm 143:9 | 1,315 | study verse |
| Psalm 143:10 | 5,187 | study verse |
| Psalm 143:11 | 4,562 | study verse |
| Psalm 143:12 | 3,618 | study verse |
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