Psalms 143:7-12

7 Lord, answer me quickly. I'm growing weak. Don't turn your face away from me, or I will be like those who go down into the grave.

8 In the morning let me hear about your faithful love, because I've put my trust in you. Show me the way I should live, because I pray to you.

9 Lord, save me from my enemies, because I go to you for safety.

10 Teach me to do what you want, because you are my God. May your good Spirit lead me on a level path.

11 Lord, be true to your name. Keep me alive. Because you do what is right, get me out of trouble.

12 Because your love is faithful, put an end to my enemies. Destroy all of them, because I serve you.

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.