Psalms 143:7
Make haste to answer me, O LORD; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me; lest I become like them that go down into the pit.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
6I spread forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. Selah
Cross References
Psalms 22:24For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
Psalms 28:1Unto thee, O LORD, will I call; my rock, be not thou deaf unto me: lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Psalms 40:17But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
Psalms 69:17And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress; answer me speedily.
Psalms 70:5But I am poor and needy; make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
Psalms 84:2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.
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 →