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    "language": "en",
    "book": "psalms",
    "chapter": 143
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    "n": 143,
    "bookSlug": "psalms",
    "bookCode": "PSA",
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    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "PSA-143:1",
        "verseRef": "Ps.143.1",
        "text": "Hear my prayer, O Jehovah; give ear to my supplications: In thy faithfulness answer me, [and] in thy righteousness."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "PSA-143:2",
        "verseRef": "Ps.143.2",
        "text": "And enter not into judgment with thy servant; For in thy sight no man living is righteous."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "PSA-143:3",
        "verseRef": "Ps.143.3",
        "text": "For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been       long dead."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "PSA-143:4",
        "verseRef": "Ps.143.4",
        "text": "Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "PSA-143:5",
        "verseRef": "Ps.143.5",
        "text": "I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy doings; I muse on the work of thy hands."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "PSA-143:6",
        "verseRef": "Ps.143.6",
        "text": "I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a weary land.     Selah"
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "PSA-143:7",
        "verseRef": "Ps.143.7",
        "text": "Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "PSA-143:8",
        "verseRef": "Ps.143.8",
        "text": "Cause 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."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "PSA-143:9",
        "verseRef": "Ps.143.9",
        "text": "Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "PSA-143:10",
        "verseRef": "Ps.143.10",
        "text": "Teach me to do thy will; For thou art my God: Thy Spirit is good; Lead me in the land of uprightness."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "PSA-143:11",
        "verseRef": "Ps.143.11",
        "text": "Quicken me, O Jehovah, for thy name`s sake: In thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "PSA-143:12",
        "verseRef": "Ps.143.12",
        "text": "And in thy lovingkindness cut off mine enemies, And destroy all them that afflict my soul; For I am thy servant.           Psalm 144       [A Psalm] of David."
      }
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