Psalm 143:1-7

1 Ein Psalm. Von David. Jehova! Höre mein Gebet, nimm zu Ohren mein Flehen; erhöre mich in deiner Treue, in deiner Gerechtigkeit!
2 Und gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knechte! Denn vor dir ist kein Lebendiger gerecht.
3 Denn der Feind verfolgt meine Seele, zertritt zur Erde mein Leben, macht mich wohnen in Finsternissen gleich den Toten der Urzeit.
4 Und mein Geist ermattet in mir, mein Herz ist betäubt in meinem Innern.
5 Ich gedenke der Tage der Vorzeit, überlege all dein Tun; ich sinne über das Werk deiner Hände.
6 Zu dir breite ich meine Hände aus; gleich einem lechzenden Lande lechzt meine Seele nach dir. (Sela.)
7 Eilends erhöre mich, Jehova! Es verschmachtet mein Geist. Verbirg dein Angesicht nicht vor mir! Sonst werde ich denen gleich sein, die zur Grube hinabfahren.

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Psalm 143:1-7 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.

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