psalm-143:8

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 143:1-12

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. v. 1. Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my supplications, in which he implores the Lord's help and mercy; in Thy faithfulness, by which God keeps His promises, answer me, and in Thy righteousness, which He shows in relieving those who walk before Him in obedience to His holy will. v. 2. And... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 143:1-12

Psalms 143:0A Psalm of David Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications:In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant;For in thy sight shall no man living be justified.3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul;He hath smitten my life down to the ground;He hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me;My heart within me is desolate.5 I... 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 143:8

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. 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 143:8

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 will soon come. Life is a daily difficulty. Think of the number of things that are to be believed, that are to be renounced, that are to be examined, that are to be distinguished in themselves and from other things, that are to be tentatively dealt with, that are to be done, that are to be left... 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