Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 143:6
I stretch forth my hands unto thee; I pray to thee fervently. See Poole on "Psalms 141:2". Thirsteth after thee; after thy favour and help. As a thirsty land, to wit, thirsteth for rain.
I stretch forth my hands unto thee; I pray to thee fervently. See Poole on "Psalms 141:2". Thirsteth after thee; after thy favour and help. As a thirsty land, to wit, thirsteth for rain.
Verse Psalms 143:6. _I STRETCH FORTH MY HANDS_] This is a natural action. All in distress, or under the influence of _eager desire_, naturally extend their hands and arms, as if to catch at help and o...
I STRETCH FORTH MY HANDS UNTO THEE - In prayer. I have nowhere else to go. See Psalms 88:9. MY SOUL THIRSTETH AFTER THEE, AS A THIRSTY LAND - As land in a time of drought “seems” to thirst for rain. S...
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_...
AS. Some codices, with seven early printed editions, read "in". SELAH. Connecting and returning to prayer (7-11) as the consequence of the reflection (5, 6). This is the last Selah (of seventy-one) in...
The thought of all that God wrought in ancient times makes him long for a fresh manifestation of His power....
_I stretch forth_. R.V. I spread forth. Cp. Psalms 44:20; Psalms 88:9; Lamentations 1:17. _my soul_thirsteth for _thee, as a_weary _land_ -Thirsteth" or some similar verb must be supplied. Cp....
MY SOUL THIRTIETH AFTER THEE, &C.— _My soul is as a thirsty land for thee._ Mudge....
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
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. I STRETCH FORTH MY HANDS UNTO THEE (): MY SOUL THIRSTETH AFTER THEE, AS A THIRSTY LAND - as a parched lan...
A late Ps., though ascribed to David, consisting mainly of appropriate reminiscences from earlier Pss....
SELAH] see on Psalms 3:4; Psalms 7. HEAR] better, 'answer': cp. Psalms 28:1....
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...
With the first clause comp. Psalms 44:20. THIRSTY LAND. — See Psalms 63:1, which explains this elliptical sentence. As our Lord taught, God is even more ready to send the refreshing spiritual shower...
פֵּרַ֣שְׂתִּי יָדַ֣י אֵלֶ֑יךָ נַפְשִׁ֓י ׀ כְּ אֶֽרֶץ...
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...
It is very sweet and blessed; under present troubles, to call to remembrance former mercies. Asaph found this, Psalms 77:3. Hence that sweet promise, Genesis 22:14. Reader, let you and I look back, un...
6._I have stretched forth my hands to thee_. Here appears the good effect of meditation, that it stirred David up to pray; for if we reflect seriously upon the acting’s of God towards his people, and...
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...
I STRETCH FORTH MY HANDS UNTO THEE,.... In prayer, as the Targum adds; for this is a prayer gesture, 1 Kings 8:38; both hands were stretched forth, earnestly imploring help, and ready to receive and e...
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. Ver. 6. _I stretch forth my hands unto thee_] As a poor beggar for an alms. Beggary here is not the easie...
_I remember the days of old_ That is, but still, upon a more calm reflection, I consider what thou hast done for thy servants in former times, and likewise what thou hast done for me during the persec...
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....
I stretch forth my hands unto Thee, in a gesture denoting both helplessness and absolute reliance upon the mercy of the Lord; MY SOUL THIRSTETH AFTER THEE AS A THIRSTY LAND, languishing with desire fo...
1-6 We have no righteousness of our own to plead, therefore must plead God's righteousness, and the word of promise which he has freely given us, and caused us to hope in. David, before he prays for...
Psalms 143:6 out H6566 (H8765) hands H3027 soul H5315 thirsty H5889 land H776 Selah H5542 stretch forth -...
«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...
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...
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 143:5 Being at the end of his strength need not mean that he gives up. Instead, if he can REMEMBER THE DAYS OF OLD, he will find in himself fresh courage to STRETCH OUT his...
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...
Isaiah 38:18; Isaiah 57:16; Isaiah 8:17; Luke 21:26; Psalms 13:1;...
As land — Thirsteth for rain....