Psalmen 143:1

1 Een psalm van David. O HEERE! hoor mijn gebed, neig de oren tot mijn smekingen; verhoor mij naar Uw waarheid, naar Uw gerechtigheid.

Psalmen 143:1 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 143:1

Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications
With these requests David begins the psalm; for it was to no purpose to pray and were heard; and for which he always appears to be concerned, as every good man will, and not to be heard only, but to be answered, as follows;

in thy faithfulness answer me, [and] in thy righteousness;
he does not plead his own faith, with which he believed in God, as rama interprets it; though the prayer of faith is very effectual; but the faithfulness of God to his promises; he had promised to hear, answer, and deliver such as called on him in a time of trouble; and he is faithful that has promised, nor will he suffer his faithfulness to fail; he cannot deny himself; and on this the psalmist relied for an answer, as well as desired and expected it; not on account of his own righteousness, but either on account of the goodness and grace of God, sometimes designed by righteousness, or because of the righteousness of Christ, or for the sake of Christ, the Lord our righteousness; on whose account God is just and faithful to forgive sin, the blessing the psalmist wanted, as appears from ( Psalms 143:2 ) .

Psalmen 143:1 In-Context

1 Een psalm van David. O HEERE! hoor mijn gebed, neig de oren tot mijn smekingen; verhoor mij naar Uw waarheid, naar Uw gerechtigheid.
2 En ga niet in het gericht met Uw knecht; want niemand, die leeft, zal voor Uw aangezicht rechtvaardig zijn.
3 Want de vijand vervolgt mijn ziel, hij vertreedt mijn leven ter aarde; hij legt mij in duisternissen, als degenen, die over lang dood zijn.
4 Daarom wordt mijn geest overstelpt in mij, mijn hart is verbaasd in het midden van mij.
5 Ik gedenk aan de dagen van ouds; ik overleg al Uw daden; ik spreek bij mijzelven van de werken Uwer handen.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.