Psalms 143:2

And enter not into judgment with Thy servant; for in Thy sight shall no man living be justified.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

1A Psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer, give ear to my supplications; in Thy faithfulness answer me, and in Thy righteousness.

3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath crushed my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

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Cross References

Exodus 34:7keeping mercy unto the thousandth generation, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and unto the fourth generation.'

Job 4:17'Shall mortal man be just before God? Shall a man be pure before his Maker?

Job 14:3And dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with Thee?

Job 25:4How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

Ecclesiastes 7:20For there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

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 →

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