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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...
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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...
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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...
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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_...
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MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace.
ENEMIES. Compare Structure, Psalms 143:3....
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Prayer for speedy hearing, for guidance and deliverance, for the
destruction of his enemies. The language is borrowed almost entirely
from older Psalms....
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The Psalmist's confidence that God will deliver His servant. The verbs
in these last two verses should be rendered as futures not
imperatives....
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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:...
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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...
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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
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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,...
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A late Ps., though ascribed to David, consisting mainly of appropriate
reminiscences from earlier Pss....
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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...
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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....
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Comp. Pss. xviii, 40, 54:7....
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וּֽ בְ חַסְדְּךָ֮ תַּצְמִ֪ית
אֹ֫יְבָ֥י וְֽ֭ ה
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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 SER...
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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...
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OF THY MERCY; out of thy mercy to me, whose life they seek....
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Psalms 143:12 mercy H2617 off H6789 (H8686) enemies H341 (H8802)
destroy H6 (H8689) afflict H6887 ...
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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...
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«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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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.
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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
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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...
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EXPOSITION
ALMOST entirely a psalm of supplication, partly general (Psalms 143:1,
Psalms 143:7), partly special (Psalms 143:2,...
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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...