Chapter 143
Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
(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.
thy faithfulness
31:1 71:2 2 Samuel 7:25 Daniel 9:16 1 John 1:9
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
enter not
in thy sight
Exodus 34:7 Job 4:17 9:2,3 15:14 25:4 Ecclesiastes 7:20 Romans 3:20 Galatians 2:16 1 John 1:10
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
the enemy
smitten
made me
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
is my spirit
55:5 61:2 77:3 102:1 *title; 124:4 142:3 Job 6:27
my heart
25:16 102:3,4 119:81-83 Luke 22:44
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
remember
42:6 77:5,6,10-12 111:4 Deuteronomy 8:2,3 1 Samuel 17:34-37,45-50 Isaiah 63:7-14 Micah 6:5
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
stretch forth
my soul
42:1,2 63:1 84:2 Isaiah 26:8,9 35:7 John 7:37
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Hear me
my spirit
40:12 69:3 Isaiah 57:16 Luke 21:26
hide not
lest I be like, etc
or, for I am become like, etc. unto them.
28:1 88:4-6,10,11 Isaiah 38:18
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
to hear
30:5 42:8 46:5 *marg:; 59:16 Genesis 32:24-29 Hosea 6:3
cause me
10 5:8 25:4,5 27:11 32:8 119:34,73 Proverbs 3:5,6 Isaiah 30:21 48:17
for I lift
Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
flee unto thee
Heb. hide me with thee.
34:2-4 56:9 61:3,4 142:5 Proverbs 18:10 Hebrews 6:18
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
Teach
25:4,5,8,9,12 119:5-7,12,35 139:24 Micah 4:2 Matthew 28:20 Colossians 1:9,10 1 Thessalonians 4:1,2 Hebrews 13:21 1 John 2:27
for thou art
thy spirit
Nehemiah 9:20 Isaiah 63:14 John 14:26 16:13-15 Romans 5:5 8:2,14-16,26 Romans 15:13,30 Galatians 5:22,23 Ephesians 4:30 5:9 2 Timothy 1:7
the land
Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
Quicken
85:6 119:25,37,40,88,107 138:7 Habakkuk 3:2 Ephesians 2:4,5
for thy righteousness
bring
25:17 34:19 37:39,40 91:15,16 Revelation 7:14-17
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
of thy mercy
54:5 55:23 136:15-20 1 Samuel 24:12-15 25:29 26:10