Psalms 143:2
My mercy, and my refuge; my helper, and my deliverer; my protector, in whom I have trusted; who subdues my people under me.
Brenton Septuagint
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 34:7and keeping justice and mercy for thousands, taking away iniquity, and unrighteousness, and sins; and he will not clear the guilty; bringing the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and to the children's children, to the third and fourth generation.
Job 4:17What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? or a man be blameless in regard to his works?
Job 14:3Hast thou not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before thee?
Job 25:4For how shall a mortal be just before the Lord? or who that is born of a woman shall purify himself?
Ecclesiastes 7:20For there is not a righteous man in the earth, who will do good, and not sin.
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 →