George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 143:8
Iniquity. Hebrew, "lying." The have sworn fidelity, and have prevaricated. (Calmet) --- They adhere not to their engagements of keeping God's law. (Worthington)
Iniquity. Hebrew, "lying." The have sworn fidelity, and have prevaricated. (Calmet) --- They adhere not to their engagements of keeping God's law. (Worthington)
Verse Psalms 143:8. _CAUSE ME TO HEAR THY LOVING-KINDNESS IN THE MORNING_] This petition was probably offered in the _night-season_. David had despatched his messengers in all directions; and prays to...
CAUSE ME TO HEAR THY LOVINGKINDNESS - The voice of thy lovingkindness, or thy mercy and favor. Permit me to hear thee addressing me in the language of kindness, and with the assurances of mercy. IN TH...
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...
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_...
LOVINGKINDNESS: or grace. TRUST. confide. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69....
Prayer for speedy hearing, for guidance and deliverance, for the destruction of his enemies. The language is borrowed almost entirely from older Psalms....
_Cause me to hear_&c. Possibly we should change a letter, and read as in Psalms 90:14 satisfy me (הַשְׂכּיצֵנִי for הַשְׂמִיעֵנִי). _in the morning_ Let the dawn speedily end this dark night of calami...
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...
IN THE MORNING— i.e. Speedily, early; and so it is well rendered, Psalms 90:14. See Psalms 46:5....
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
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. CAUSE ME TO HEAR THY LOVING-KINDNESS IN...
A late Ps., though ascribed to David, consisting mainly of appropriate reminiscences from earlier Pss....
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...
IN THE MORNING. — Comp. Psalms 90:14. The expression either means “early,” or is figurative of the dawn of hope and salvation. THE WAY WHEREIN I SHOULD WALK — i.e., the way at once of duty and safety...
הַשְׁמִ֘יעֵ֤נִי בַ † בֹּ֨קֶר ׀ חַסְדֶּךָ֮ כִּֽי ־בְךָ֪...
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...
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...
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...
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the (g) morning; for in thee do I trust: (h) cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. (g) That is, speedily and in due s...
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...
_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...
8._Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness_. In this verse he again prays that God would show him his favor visibly and effectually. The expression cause me to hear, may seem not very proper, as the good...
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...
CAUSE ME TO HEAR THY LOVINGKINDNESS IN THE MORNING,.... Not only externally in the ministry of the word; but internally by the Spirit, so as to feel and perceive, and have some sensible experience of...
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. Ver. 8. Cause me to hear … in the morning]...
_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...
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....
Cause me to hear Thy loving-kindness in the morning, so that with the dawn of the new day the night of tribulation might be definitely ended; FOR IN THEE DO I TRUST, Psalms 90:14. CAUSE ME TO KNOW THE...
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...
IN THE MORNING, i.e. early, as this phrase is taken, PSALMS 90:14, and elsewhere; seasonably and speedily. WHEREIN I SHOULD WALK; so as to please thee, and to secure myself....
Psalms 143:8 hear H8085 (H8685) lovingkindness H2617 morning H1242 trust H982 (H8804) know H3045 (H8685) way...
Psalms 143:8 The text may be said to comprise every other prayer. If God gives His servant to "know the way wherein he should walk," and strength to walk in it, peace, and order, and liberty, and joy...
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...
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...
«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...
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...
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...
_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...
_Cause me to hear Thy lovingkindness in the morning._ HOW TO HAVE A GOOD DAY There are days and days. There are days of darkness such as this psalm illustrates. Many think that David sung this psalm...
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. ⇐
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
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...
EXPOSITION ALMOST entirely a psalm of supplication, partly general (Psalms 143:1, Psalms 143:7), partly special (Psalms 143:2,...
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...
Hebrews 6:18; Proverbs 18:10; Psalms 142:5; Psalms 34:2; Psalms 56:9
Morning — Seasonably and speedily....