Psalms 143:2
Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 34:7Having mercy on thousands, overlooking evil and wrongdoing and sin; he will not let wrongdoers go free, but will send punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation.
Job 4:17May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?
Job 14:3Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?
Job 25:4How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?
Ecclesiastes 7:20There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
Galatians 2:16Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 143:2-7
Complaints and Petitions. 1 Hear my prayer, O Lord , give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. 5 I remember the days of old; I meditate… Read the whole commentary →