psalm-143:10

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Psalms 143:10

Psalms THE PRAYER OF PRAYERS Psa_143:10 . These two clauses mean substantially the same thing. The Psalmist’s longings are expressed in the first of them in plain words, and in the second in a figure. ‘To do God’s will’ is to be in ‘the land of uprightness.’ That phrase, in its literal application, means a stretch of level country, and hence is naturally employed as an emblem of a moral or religious condition. A life of obedience to the will of God is likened to some far stretching plain,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 143:1-12

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 realized that his past had been by no means immaculate. The holiest have least confidence in themselves, Job 9:3 ; Philippians 3:7 . Bernard of Clairvaux said: “So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot answer even for my righteousness.” There is no judgment or condemnation for those who... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 143:1-12

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 a cry of despair, and a terrible one indeed. The life is smitten, the spirit is overwhelmed, and the whole complaint ends with a statement, “My heart within me is desolate.” That final word “desolate” has in it the sob of an unillumined sea. Yet the psalm opens with an earnest cry to... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 143:7-11

REST AND SERVICE‘Hear me, O Lord, and that soon.… For Thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.’Psalms 143:7-1 Kings : (Prayer Book Version)There you have the transition of a soul from the rest which it needed in long conflict and many failures, from the rest, to the energy of a new service. ‘Show me the way that I should walk in.’ ‘Quicken me, O Lord, according to Thy Word.’ We need rest and may claim it at various times ( e.g. in Lent). If men will but taste deeply of the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 143:1-12

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 is borrowed from Lamentations 3:6, for clearly the author of the latter passage is more vigorous and original than the author of the Ps. The theme is an ordinary one. The Psalmist prays for deliverance from his foes, who have brought him to death’ s door, and imprecates vengeance upon them.But... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 143:10

To do thy will; to continue in faithful obedience to thee, notwithstanding all temptations to the contrary. Thy spirit is good, lead me; or rather, as it is exactly in the Hebrew, and as many both ancient and modern translators render it, let thy good Spirit lead me. Leave me not to my own blind and vain mind, or corrupt affections, neither give me up to the evil spirit, as thou didst Saul, but conduct me in all my ways by thy good, i.e. gracious and holy, Spirit. Into the land of uprightness;... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 143:1-12

INTRODUCTIONThis 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 Absalom, his son, pursued him.” Yet many expositors regard the Psalm as written in subsequent times, after the manner of David. Thus Delitzsch views it as “a later effort to copy after the Davidic Psalm-poetry.” And Moll doubts “whether such a poet as David would have so copied himself, as would be... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 143:10

Psalms 143:10 The foundations of the religious character which was to be perfected in the mind of Christ were laid in faith in God and in the recognition of the supremacy of the moral law. Through ages and generations the Bible sets before us the slow growth, the unfolding and ripening, of this character, till, after long preparation and many steps, and still with many shortcomings, it became such that when Jesus Christ came it was able and qualified to welcome Him; to recognise, however dimly,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 143:7-10

DISCOURSE: 739GOD A REFUGE TO THE DISTRESSEDPsalms 143:7-10. 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 thy loving-kindness 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. Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 143:1-12

Psalms 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: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified ( Psalms 143:1-2 ).God, I don't want justice for me, only for my enemies. For me I want mercy. No one living can be justified before God. Impossible! "There is none righteous, no, not one" ( Romans 3:10 ). God said, "I looked over the earth and... read more