Psalms 143:1
A Psalm by David.Hear my prayer, Lord.Listen to my petitions.In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
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2Do not enter into judgment with your servant,for in your sight no man living is righteous.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:25Now, Lord God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, confirm it forever, and do as you have spoken.
Psalms 31:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.In you, Lord, I take refuge.Let me never be disappointed.Deliver me in your righteousness.
Psalms 89:1A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.I will sing of the loving kindness of the Lord forever.With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
Daniel 9:16Lord, according to all your righteousness, let your anger and please let your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around us.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 143:1
This psalm, as those before, is a prayer of David, and full of complaints of the great distress and danger he was in, probably when Saul persecuted him. He did not only pray in that affliction, but he prayed very much and very often, not the same over again, but new thoughts. In this psalm, I. He complains of his troubles, through the oppression of his enemies ( ver. 3 ) and the weakness of his spirit under it, which was ready to sink notwithstanding the likely course he took to support himself, ver. 4, 5 . II. He… Read the whole commentary →