Psalms 143:7

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 

[143:7]  ¹ tn Heb “my spirit is failing.”

[143:7]  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).

[143:7]  ³ tn Heb “I will be equal with.”

[143:7]  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.