Psalms 143:2
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
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Exodus 34:7Keeping mercy for thousands, 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 to the fourth generation.
Job 4:17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Job 14:3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
Job 25:4How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
Ecclesiastes 7:20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Galatians 2:16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
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 →