Psalm 143:7-12

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.

8 Laß mich früh hören deine Güte, denn auf dich vertraue ich; tue mir kund den Weg, den ich wandeln soll, denn zu dir erhebe ich meine Seele!

9 Errette mich, Jehova, von meinen Feinden! Zu dir nehme ich meine Zuflucht.

10 Lehre mich tun dein Wohlgefallen! Denn du bist mein Gott; dein guter Geist leite mich in ebenem Lande!

11 Um deines Namens willen, Jehova, belebe mich; in deiner Gerechtigkeit führe meine Seele aus der Bedrängnis!

12 Und in deiner Güte vertilge meine Feinde, und alle Bedränger meiner Seele bringe um! Denn ich bin dein Knecht.

Psalm 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.