And of Thy mercy, both by reason of His mercy and in order to make it known, cut off mine enemies and destroy all them that afflict my soul, by oppressions as described in this psalm; for I am Thy servant, and in helping him the Lord would magnify His own glory. Thus the hope of all believers and their constant prayer is in the mercy of God.
Verse Psalms 143:12. _AND OF THY MERCY_] To _me_ and the _kingdom_. _CUT OFF MINE ENEMIES_] Who, if they succeed, will destroy the very _form of godliness_. The steps he has already taken show that e...
AND OF THY MERCY ... - Thy mercy to me; thy mercy to the world. The destruction of the wicked is a favor to the universe; just as the arrest and punishment of a robber or a pirate is a mercy to societ...
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_...
MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace. ENEMIES. Compare Structure, Psalms 143:3....
And in thy lovingkindness wilt thou cut off my enemies, And destroy all them that distress my soul, For I am thy servant. The prayer for -life" is characteristic of Psalms 119: see note on p. 705:...
The Psalmist's confidence that God will deliver His servant. The verbs in these last two verses should be rendered as futures not imperatives....
Prayer for speedy hearing, for guidance and deliverance, for the destruction of his enemies. The language is borrowed almost entirely from older Psalms....
CUT OFF— Or, _Shall thou cut off._ REFLECTIONS.—1st, When we are in trouble, God permits us to pour our sorrows into his bosom. 1. The Psalmist begs an audience to his prayers, and pleads, as the gro...
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
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant. AND OF THY MERCY CUT OFF MINE ENEMIES (; ; ) - according to the promise,...
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...
The last two verses are made of reminiscences of former psalm experiences. The verbs should be in the future, not the imperative. FOR THY NAME’S SAKE. — Comp. Psalms 23:3, &c....
Comp. Pss. xviii, 40, 54:7....
וּֽ בְ חַסְדְּךָ֮ תַּצְמִ֪ית אֹ֫יְבָ֥י וְֽ֭ ה
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...
And of thy mercy (m) cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I [am] thy (n) servant. (m) Which will be a sign of your fatherly kindness toward me. (n) Resigning myself w...
PSALM CXLIII. (BENEDICTUS DOMINUS.) The prophet praiseth God, and prayeth to be delivered from his enemies. No worldly happiness is to be compared with that of serving God. Whose. Hebrew, "our." Thi...
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...
REFLECTIONS READER, do pause to mark the blessedness of that state, which can look up and plead for justification before God, upon the sole authority of God's covenant, and the person and righteousnes...
12._And in thy mercy_, _etc_. In this verse he repeats for the fifth or sixth time that he looked for life only of God’s free mercy. Whatever severity may appear on the part of God when he destroys th...
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...
AND OF THY MERCY CUT OFF MINE ENEMIES,.... Which, though an act of vindictive justice, and terrible righteousness to them, would be an act of grace and mercy to him, who thereby would be delivered fro...
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I [am] thy servant. Ver. 12. _Cut off mine enemies_] Because not so much mine as thine; and those also implacable...
Psalms 143:10 ; PSALMS 143:12. _Teach me to do thy will_ To continue in faithful obedience to thee, notwithstanding all temptations to the contrary. _Thy Spirit is good, lead me_, &c. Or rather, as it...
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...
OF THY MERCY; out of thy mercy to me, whose life they seek....
Psalms 143:12 mercy H2617 off H6789 (H8686) enemies H341 (H8802) destroy H6 (H8689) afflict H6887 ...
Psalms 143:12 I. What goes to make that Christlike title a "servant" a servant of God and a servant of man for His sake? It was promised in your first and great covenant in life that you would be alwa...
«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...
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 143:9 The prayer closes by expressing trust in a number of ways: I HAVE FLED TO YOU FOR REFUGE, YOU ARE MY GOD, and the expectation based on God’s steadfast love
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...