Psalms 143
1 David prays for favour in judgment.
3 He complains of his griefs.
5 He strengthens his faith by meditation and prayer.
7 He prays for grace;
9 for deliverance;
10 for sanctification;
12 for destruction of his enemies;
psalm <04210> [(Title.) A Psalm.]
The LXX., Vulgate, Ethiopic, and Arabic state that this Psalm was composed by David on the rebellion of his son Absalom; and there are several passages in it which agree remarkably well with that period; for then he had most reason to fear lest God should deal with him according to his sins; which he deprecates with such a deep sense of his unworthiness, that it has hence been numbered among the penitential Psalms, of which it is the last. In it he prays to God for pardon, ver. 1; acknowledges the impossibility of being saved but by grace, ver. 2; deplores the lamentable effects of sin, ver. 3, 4; comforts himself with a retrospect of God's mercies of old, ver. 5; and prays, in a variety of expressions, for remission of sin, sanctification, and redemption, ver. 6-12.
faithfulness <0530> [thy faithfulness.]
sit ... judgment <0935 04941> [enter not.]
before <06440> [in thy sight.]
enemies <0341> [the enemy.]
smash <01792> [smitten.]
live <03427> [made me.]
me <07307> [is my spirit.]
shocked <03820> [my heart.]
recall <02142> [remember.]
spread <06566> [stretch forth.]
soul <05315> [my soul.]
Answer ... quickly <06030 04118> [Hear me.]
strength <07307> [my spirit.]
reject <05641 06440> [hide not.]
join <04911> [lest I be like, etc. or, for I am become like, etc. unto them.]
hear <08085> [to hear.]
hear .............. Show <08085 03045> [cause me.]
long for you <05375> [for I lift.]
protection <03680> [flee unto thee. Heb. hide me with thee.]
Teach <03925> [Teach.]
<0430> [for thou art.]
presence <07307> [thy spirit.]
land <0776> [the land.]
revive <02421> [Quicken.]
justice <06666> [for thy righteousness.]
<03318> [bring.]
loyal love <02617> [of thy mercy.]
servant <05650> [for I am thy.]
