Psalms 143:2

My mercy, and my refuge; 1 My helper, and my deliverer; 1 My protector, in whom I have trusted; 1 Who subdues my people under me. 1

Updated 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

1A Psalm of David concerning Goliath. 1 Blessed be the Lord my God, 1 Who instructs my hands for battle, 1 And my fingers for war. 1

3Lord, what is man, that thou art made known to him? 1 Or the son of man, that thou takest account of him? 1

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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? 1 Or a man be blameless in regard to his works? 1

Job 14:3Hast thou not taken account even of him, 1 And caused him to enter into judgment before thee? 1

Job 25:4For how shall a mortal be just before the Lord? 1 Or who that is born of a woman shall purify himself? 1

Ecclesiastes 7:20For there is not a righteous man in the earth, 1 Who will do good, and not sin. 1

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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