Psalm 143:2-4

The Voice

²Be kind and slow to judge Your faithful servant,
for compared to You, no one is truly just.

³My adversary has pressed in, drawn closer, threatened my life;
    he’s crushed me, driven me underground.
    He’s forced me to live in the dark;
    it’s as if I joined those who died a long time ago.
⁴That’s why my spirit is growing faint inside me; I have nothing left;
    my heart is completely empty and desolate.