Psalms 143:2
My mercy and my refuge, my supporter and my deliverer, my protector and him in whom I have hoped: he subdues my people under me.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
3O Lord, what is man that you have become known to him? Or the son of man that you consider him?
Cross References
Exodus 34:7who preserves mercy a thousand fold, who takes away iniquity, and wickedness, and also sin; and with you no one, in and of himself, is innocent. You render the iniquity of the fathers to the sons, and also to their descendants to the third and fourth generation.”
Job 4:17Should man be justified in relation to God, or will a man be more pure than his Maker?
Job 14:3And do you consider it fitting to look down with your eyes on someone in this way and to lead him into judgment with you?
Job 25:4Is it right for man to compare himself to God, or to appear pure though he is born of woman?
Ecclesiastes 7:20Wisdom has strengthened the wise more than ten princes of a city.
Galatians 2:16And we know that man is not justified by the works of the law, but only by the faith of Jesus Christ. And so we believe in Christ Jesus, in order that we may be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law. For no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.
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 →