Sunday Sermon - August 22

Location: Parking lot, Chester, VA

Psalm 143

A psalm of David.

 ¹ O LORD, hear my prayer,
       listen to my cry for mercy;
       in your faithfulness and righteousness
       come to my relief.  ² Do not bring your servant into judgment,
       for no one living is righteous before you.
 ³ The enemy pursues me,
       he crushes me to the ground;
       he makes me dwell in darkness
       like those long dead.
 ⁴ So my spirit grows faint within me;
       my heart within me is dismayed.
 ⁵ I remember the days of long ago;
       I meditate on all your works
       and consider what your hands have done.
 ⁶ I spread out my hands to you;
       my soul thirsts for you like a parched land.
       Selah
 ⁷ Answer me quickly, O LORD;
       my spirit fails.
       Do not hide your face from me
       or I will be like those who go down to the pit.
 ⁸ Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
       for I have put my trust in you.
       Show me the way I should go,
       for to you I lift up my soul.
 ⁹ Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD,
       for I hide myself in you.
 ¹⁰ Teach me to do your will,
       for you are my God;
       may your good Spirit
       lead me on level ground.
 ¹¹ For your name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life;
       in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.
 ¹² In your unfailing love, silence my enemies;
       destroy all my foes,
       for I am your servant.