Psalms 143:7 meaning and explanation
Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
Psalms 143:7, Berean Standard Bible
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David is praying in urgent distress, hunted by enemies and near collapse, as the psalm's opening verses describe. Having stretched out his hands like thirsty land, he now pleads for speed: "Answer me quickly." His spirit, the Hebrew ruach, is failing, and he fears God's silence more than the enemy.
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