Psalms 143:7
Attend to my supplication: for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
6I cried to thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living.
8Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the just wait for me, until thou reward me.
Cross References
Psalms 22:24Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him.
Psalms 28:1A psalm for David himself. Unto thee will I cry, O Lord: O my God, be not thou silent to me: lest thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Psalms 40:17Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee : and let such as love thy salvation say always : The Lord be magnified.
Psalms 69:17Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
Psalms 70:5Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; and let such as love thy salvation say always: The Lord be magnified.
Psalms 84:2How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of host!
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 →