Psalm 143:1
Verse 1 of 12. The 143rd of 150 chapters in Psalms, in Poetry and Wisdom.
1Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
2And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
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.
4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.