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Verse Psalms 143:7. _HEAR ME SPEEDILY_] מהר _maher, make haste_ to
answer me. A few hours, and my state may be irretrievable. In a short
time my unnatural son may put an end to my life....
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“Hear me speedily, O Lord.” Hasten to hear me; do not delay.
Literally, “Hasten; answer me.” I am in imminent danger. Do not
delay to come to my relief.
MY SPIRIT FAILETH - My strength is declining....
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PSALM 143-145
In Psalms 143:1 the enemy is mentioned again, the enemy who pursued
David. “For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life
down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in da...
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CXLIII. There is no internal argument to justify the LXX title, A Ps.
of [or by] David when his son persecuted him. On the contrary, it
contains reminiscences of other and those late Psalms 143:3_ b_...
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THE PIT. a grave. Hebrew. _bor._. sepulchre, as hewn out of the rock.
Hence rendered cistern, or dry pit. Compare Genesis 37:20. See note on
Genesis 21:19....
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Prayer for speedy hearing, for guidance and deliverance, for the
destruction of his enemies. The language is borrowed almost entirely
from older Psalms....
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From Psalms 69:17; Psalms 102:2; Psalms 27:9; Psalms 84:2; Psalms
28:1....
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DISCOURSE: 739
GOD A REFUGE TO THE DISTRESSED
Psalms 143:7. 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.
Cause me to hear...
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PSALMS 143
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Continued Concealment in the Cave: its Griefs and its Gains.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 143:1-2, Remarkable Pleadings and Deprecation.
Stanza II., Psalms 143:3-4, How
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A late Ps., though ascribed to David, consisting mainly of appropriate
reminiscences from earlier Pss....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
GOD IS MY ONLY HOPE
PSALMS 143
Jesus said, "Father, if it is possible, I pray that this cup will
pass from me. But (it must be) what you want (to happen). It mu...
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With the first clause comp. Psalms 69:17, with the second, Psalms
102:2,
This dependence on former psalms does not detract from the reality of
the feeling expressed by means of these ancient sobs and...
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מַ֘הֵ֤ר עֲנֵ֨נִי ׀ יְהוָה֮ כָּלְתָ֪ה
ר֫וּחִ֥י אַל...
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Psalms 143:1
THIS psalm's depth of sadness and contrition, blended with yearning
trust, recalls the earlier psalms attributed to David. Probably this
general resemblance in inwardness and mood is all...
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THE CRY OF THE THIRSTY SOUL
Psalms 143:1-12
This psalm falls into four stanzas of three verses each. _Complaint,_
Psalms 143:1-3. Though the enemy has resorted to unwarrantable
violence, David re...
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This is the last of the four psalms, and both in respect of the sense
of helplessness and of assurance in God, it is more vivid and striking
than either of them. So far as human situation is concerned...
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_Waters. Of tribulation. (Worthington) --- Children. My rebellious
subjects, (Haydock) who lead bad lives in the true Church.
(Worthington) --- Foreign nations continued faithful, while Israel
rose up...
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Here are the same hopes, the same confidences, and the same acts of
faith, which all the other parts of the believer's supplications carry
with them, that the issue shall be prosperous. And to those w...
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_REST AND SERVICE_
‘Hear me, O Lord, and that soon.… For Thy righteousness’ sake
bring my soul out of trouble.’
Psalms 143:7 (Prayer Book Version)
There you have the transition of a soul from the re...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 140 THROUGH 144.
The five following psalms go over ground which we have trodden over in
detail: only they apply to a restored Israel, still in conflict, and
not...
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HEAR ME SPEEDILY, O LORD: MY SPIRIT FAILETH,.... Ready to sink, swoon,
and faint away, through the weight of the affliction on him, by reason
of the persecution of his enemy, and for want of the divin...
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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.
Ver. 7. _Hear me speedily_] A very pathetic prayer uttered in many
words to...
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_Hear me speedily_ Defer no longer; _for my spirit faileth_ I am just
ready to faint. _Hide not thy face_ Be not angry with me; do not turn
from me as one displeased with me, nor deprive me of the lig...
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A PRAYER OF REPENTANCE AND A SIGH FOR MERCY.
A psalm of David, which sets forth the fundamental facts concerning
sin and grace, for which reason it was reckoned by Luther with the
Pauline psalms....
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Hear me speedily, O Lord, for haste was essential in this great
emergency; MY SPIRIT FAILETH, almost consumed with languishing. HIDE
NOT THY FACE FROM ME, in anger, LEST I BE LIKE UNTO THEM THAT GO DO...
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LEST I BE LIKE:
Or, for I am become like. etc....
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7-12 David prays that God would be well pleased with him, and let him
know that he was so. He pleads the wretchedness of his case, if God
withdrew from him. But the night of distress and discourageme...
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That are dead and buried, of whom there is no hope....
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Psalms 143:7 Answer H6030 (H8798) speedily H4118 LORD H3068 spirit
H7307 fails H3615 (H8804) hide H5641 ...
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«A psalm of David.»
Psalms 143:1. _Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications:
in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness._
It is a theory held by some persons of skeptical mi...
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Psalms 143:1. _Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications:
in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. And enter not
into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no ma...
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Psalms 143:1. _Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications:
in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. And enter not
into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no ma...
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CONTENTS: Complaint of great distresses and dangers and prayer that
persecutors might be reckoned with.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: If we look with earnest desire toward God, we need not let...
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This is the last of the penitential psalms, and is uniformly ascribed
to David. It was composed during a period of exile. The LXX and the
Vulgate, “on the rebellion of Absalom.”
Psalms 143:10. _Thy S...
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_Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications._
A PENITENTIAL SOUL IN PRAYER
I. The reasons urged.
1. A consciousness of moral unrighteousness (verse 2). No man will
ever pray rightly until...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 143:1. This individual lament is a
penitential psalm. The person’s troubles make him aware of his own
sins.
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 143:7 The situation is still desperate.
Therefore he asks, ANSWER ME QUICKLY. He wants to HEAR IN THE MORNING
OF God’s STEADFAST LOVE. He also prays for moral
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INTRODUCTION
This is the last of what are called the Seven Penitential Psalms. In
the Hebrew it has the superscription, “A Psalm of David.” And in
the Septuagint and the Vulgate there is added, “When...
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EXPOSITION
ALMOST entirely a psalm of supplication, partly general (Psalms 143:1,
Psalms 143:7), partly special (Psalms 143:2,...
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Psa 143:1-12, another psalm of David.
Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in your
faithfulness answer me, and in your righteousness. And enter not into
judgment with your servant: f...
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Genesis 32:24; Hosea 6:3; Isaiah 30:21; Isaiah 48:17; Lamentations