Psalms 143:12

Whose children are as plants, 1 Strengthened in their youth: 1 Their daughters are beautiful, sumptuously 1 Adorned after the similitude of a temple. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

In Context

11Deliver me, and rescue me from the hand of strange children, 1 Whose mouth has spoken vanity, 1 And their right hand is a right hand of iniquity; 1

13Their garners are full, 1 And bursting with one kind of store after another; 1 Their sheep are prolific, 1 Multiplying in their streets. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 25:29And if a man shall rise up persecuting thee and seeking thy life, yet shall the life of my lord be bound up in the bundle of life with the Lord God, and thou shalt whirl the life of thine enemies as in the midst of a sling.

Psalms 52:5Will none of the workers of iniquity know, 1 Who devour my people as they would eat bread? 1 They have not called upon God. 1 There were they greatly afraid, where there was no fear: 1

Psalms 54:7And I said, O that I had wings as those of a dove! 1 Then would I flee away, and be at rest. 1

Matthew Henry on Psalms 143:8-12

Prayers for Divine Grace. 7 Hear me speedily, O Lord : my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. 9 Deliver me, O Lord , from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. 10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. 11 Quicken me, O Lord , for… Read the whole commentary →

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