Psalms 143:3
In his sight I pour out my prayer, and before him I declare my trouble:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2I cried to the Lord with my voice: with my voice I made supplication to the Lord.
4When my spirit failed me, then thou newest my paths.
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:22And again Abner said to Asael: Go off, and do not follow me, lest I be obliged to stab thee to the ground, and I shall not be able to hold up my face to Joab thy brother.
Psalms 7:1The psalm of David which he sung to the Lord for the words of Chusi the son of Jemini. [2 Kings 16.]
Psalms 7:6Let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and tread down my life on the earth, and bring down my glory to the dust.
Psalms 31:12I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much to my neighbours; and a fear to my acquaintance. They that saw me without fled from me.
Psalms 54:3Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me in thy strength.
Psalms 142:6their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed:
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 →