Psalms 143:2
I cried to the Lord with my voice: with my voice I made supplication to the Lord.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
1Of understanding for David. A prayer when he was in the cave. [1 Kings
3In his sight I pour out my prayer, and before him I declare my trouble:
Cross References
Exodus 34:7Who keepest mercy unto thousands: who takest away iniquity, and wickedness, and sin, and no man of himself is innocent before thee. Who renderest the iniquity of the fathers to the children, and to the grandchildren, unto the third and fourth generation.
Job 4:17Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Job 14:3And dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with thee?
Job 25:4Can man be justified compared with God, or he that is born of a woman appear clean?
Ecclesiastes 7:20Wisdom hath strengthened the wise more than ten princes of the city.
Galatians 2:16But knowing that man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ; we also believe in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.
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 →