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Psalm 143:10
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
8Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
9Deliver me, LORD, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.
10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
11Revive me, LORD, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
12In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, for I am your servant.
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The request to be taught how to do God's will puts obedience within a prayer for help, grounded in the goodness of God's Spirit.
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Psalm 25:4–5Show me your ways, LORD. Teach me your paths.Both prayers ask God to teach, picturing dependence on him through paths to follow and a place to be led.
Psalm 139:24See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.Both prayers ask God to lead toward what is right, with Psalm 139 also asking him to expose any wicked way.
Romans 8:14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.Psalm 143 seeks the leading of God's good Spirit; Romans describes those led by God's Spirit as his children.
Psalm 143:8Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.These nearby petitions connect trust in God with asking him to show the way and teach obedience to his will.
John 14:26But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.Psalm 143 asks God for teaching and speaks of his good Spirit; Jesus says the Holy Spirit will teach his disciples.
Hebrews 13:21make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory …Both prayers seek God's help to do his will, making obedience dependent on his teaching or work within his people.
Psalm 23:3He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.Both psalms connect God's guidance with right living, using the images of a land of uprightness and paths of righteousness.
Colossians 1:9For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in …Both prayers concern God's will: Psalm 143 asks for help doing it, while Colossians asks for knowledge of it.
Nehemiah 9:20You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn’t withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.Both passages describe God's Spirit as good and connect God's help with instruction.
2 Timothy 1:7For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.Both texts speak of God and spirit; Psalm 143 seeks guidance, while Paul contrasts fear with power, love, and self-control.
John 16:13–15However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He …Both passages connect the Spirit with guidance: the psalm seeks uprightness, and Jesus speaks of guidance into truth.
Romans 15:13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.Both prayers look to God for help and speak of his Spirit, with guidance in the psalm and hope in Romans.
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