Psalms 143:7-12

7 1Answer me quickly, O LORD, my 2spirit fails; 3Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will become like 4those who go down to the pit.
8 Let me hear Your 5lovingkindness 6in the morning; For I trust 7in You; Teach me the 8way in which I should walk; For to You I 9lift up my soul.
9 10Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies; I take refuge in You.
10 11Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let 12Your good Spirit 13lead me on level ground.
11 14For the sake of Your name, O LORD, 15revive me. 16In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
12 And in Your lovingkindness, 17cut off my enemies And 18destroy all those who afflict my soul, For 19I am Your servant.

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Psalms 143:7-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 143

\\<>\\. This psalm was composed by David when he fled from Absalom his son, according to the title of it in Apollinarius, the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions; so R. Obadiah Gaon: and of the same opinion is Theodoret and others. The sense he had of his sins, and his deprecating God's entering into judgment with him for them, seems to confirm it; affliction from his own family for them being threatened him, 2Sa 12:9-11; though Kimchi thinks it was written on the same account as the former, and at the same time, namely, when he was persecuted by Saul; and what is said in Ps 142:2,4, seems to agree with it. The Syriac inscription is, ``when the Edomites came against him;'' which is very foreign, since these were subdued by him.

Cross References 19

  • 1. Psalms 69:17
  • 2. Psalms 73:26; Psalms 84:2; Jeremiah 8:18; Lamentations 1:22
  • 3. Psalms 27:9; Psalms 69:17; Psalms 102:2
  • 4. Psalms 28:1; Psalms 88:4
  • 5. Psalms 90:14
  • 6. Psalms 46:5
  • 7. Psalms 25:2
  • 8. Psalms 27:11; Psalms 32:8; Psalms 86:11
  • 9. Psalms 25:1; Psalms 86:4
  • 10. Psalms 31:15; Psalms 59:1
  • 11. Psalms 25:4, 5; Psalms 119:12
  • 12. Nehemiah 9:20
  • 13. Psalms 23:3
  • 14. Psalms 25:11
  • 15. Psalms 119:25
  • 16. Psalms 31:1; Psalms 71:2
  • 17. Psalms 54:5
  • 18. Psalms 52:5
  • 19. Psalms 116:16

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