Psalms 143:2

With your servant O enter you not into judgment, for in your sight can no one alive be justified.

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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

1Listen, O Lord, to my prayer; attend to my plea. In your faithfulness give me answer, and in your righteousness.

3For the enemy persecutes me, crushing my life to the ground, making me live in the darkness, as those who have long been dead.

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Cross References

Galatians 2:16So we placed our faith in Christ Jesus, in order that we might be pronounced righteous, as the result of faith in Christ, and not of obedience to Law; for such obedience will not result in even one soul’s being pronounced righteous.

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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