Psalms 143:7

Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. ¹  Do not reject me, ²  or I will join ³  those descending into the grave. ⁴ 

Ps 13:1-4; Ps 22:24; Ps 27:9; Ps 28:1; Ps 40:12; Ps 40:13,17; Ps 69:3; Ps 69:17; Ps 70:5; Ps 71:12; Ps 88:4-6,10,11; Isa 8:17; Isa 38:18; Isa 57:16; Lu 21:26

¹ tn Heb “my spirit is failing.”

² tn Heb “do not hide your face from me.” The idiom “hide the face” (1) can mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or (2) can carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 30:7; 88:14).

³ tn Heb “I will be equal with.”

⁴ tn Heb “the pit.” The Hebrew noun בּוֹר (bor, “pit; cistern”) is sometimes used of the grave and/or the realm of the dead. See Ps 28:1.