143 Lord, hear my prayer;
    ·listen [^Lgive ear] to my ·cry for mercy [prayer of supplication].
Answer me
    because you are ·loyal [faithful] and ·good [righteous].
² Don’t ·judge me [^Lbring me into judgment], your servant,
    because no one alive is ·right [righteous] before you [Rom. 3:22; Gal. 2:16].