---
title: Joseph Smith Translation (1867 edition)
description: Psalms from the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), 1867 edition.
authors:
  - Smith, Joseph, Jr.
collections:
  - joseph-smith
tags:
  - translation
published: "1867"
publisher: RLDS Publication Board
publisher_place: Plano, Illinois
publisher_note: "The title page reads: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Joseph Smith, I. L. Rogers, E. Robinson, Publishing Committee; 1867."
edition: First edition (Plano, 1867)
language: en
type: book
chapter: 143
verse_count: 12
reference: "Joseph Smith Jr., *Joseph Smith Translation*, first edition (Plano, IL: RLDS Publication Board, 1867), Psalms, chap. 143, https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  identifier: holyscripturestr00smituoft
  scan: University of Toronto / Trinity College Library copy, Internet Archive
  transcription: "OCR text of the 1867 scans (Toronto copy and a second copy, holyscriptures00smit), reconciled word by word; Romans was also checked against the page images. Method, per-chapter validation log and known limits: docs/jst-1867-import.md."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: 1867 US publication
  source: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  publication_year: 1867
---

# Psalms 143

*Faith strengthened by meditatir/n and prayer. A Psalm of David.*

**1** Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
**2** And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
**3** For 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 long been dead.
**4** Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
**5** I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
**6** I stretch forth my hands unto thee; my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
**7** Hear 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.
**8** Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness 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.
**9** Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies; I flee unto thee to hide me.
**10** Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God; thy Spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
**11** Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake; for thy righteousness sake bring my soul out of trouble.
**12** And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul; for I am thy servant.