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Verse Psalms 143:3. _HE HATH MADE ME TO DWELL IN DARKNESS_] Literally,
_in_ _dark places_. This may be understood of David's taking refuge in
_caves_ and _dens_ of the earth, to escape from his persec...
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FOR THE ENEMY HATH PERSECUTED MY SOUL - Has persecuted me; has sought
my life.
HE HATH SMITTEN MY LIFE DOWN TO THE GROUND - He has, as it were,
trampled me down to the earth. The word rendered “smitte...
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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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PERSECUTED. pursued.
MY SOUL. me (emphatic). Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
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HE HATH MADE ME TO DWELL IN DARKNESS— _He maketh me to lie close in
dark places._ The original word מחשׁכים _macheshakkim,_
properly signifies _dark places,_ and every where means the dark
caverns of...
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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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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.
FOR THE ENEMY HATH PERSECUTED MY SOUL. "F...
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A late Ps., though ascribed to David, consisting mainly of appropriate
reminiscences from earlier Pss....
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THAT HAVE BEEN LONG DEAD] better, 'that are for ever dead': cp.
Lamentations 3:6....
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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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This verse explains the last. The affliction under which the psalmist
suffers is evidence that God is visiting for sin.
HE HATH MADE... — See Lamentations 3:6; and comp. Psalms 88:5.
LONG DEAD. — Lit...
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כִּ֥י רָ֘דַ֤ף אֹויֵ֨ב ׀ נַפְשִׁ֗י
דִּכָּ֣א לָ֭ †...
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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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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 (d) long dead.
(d) He acknowledges that God is the onl...
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_To him. Hebrew, "thou dost acknowledge him." (St. Jerome) (Haydock)
--- In the transport of gratitude, he reflects on his own weakness,
Job vii. 17., and Romans viii. 31. (Calmet) --- Before Christ,...
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Jesus might yet thus complain, because when he stood forth in our
stead, he felt all that it was our due to have felt, had he not
interposed. The temptations of Satan were harassing to his holy soul,...
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3._For the enemy hath persecuted my soul_. Having acknowledged that he
only suffered the just punishment of his sins, David comes now to
speak of his enemies; for to have begun by speaking of them wou...
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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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FOR THE ENEMY HATH PERSECUTED MY SOUL,.... Which is to be connected
with Psalms 143:1; and is a reason why he desires his prayer might be
answered, seeing his enemy, either Saul, or Absalom his own so...
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_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._
Ver. 3. _For the enemy hath persecuted my...
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_For the enemy hath persecuted my soul_ This is not a reason of what
he said last, Psalms 143:2, but an argument to enforce his petition,
delivered Psalms 143:1, and repeated Psalms 143:7. He hath smi...
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For the enemy hath persecuted my soul, seeking to obtain the highest
good which he possessed; HE HATH SMITTEN MY LIFE DOWN TO THE GROUND,
almost succeeding in his evil intention; HE HATH MADE ME TO DW...
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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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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...
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This is not a reason of what he last said, PSALMS 143:2, but an
argument to enforce his petition delivered PSALMS 143:1, and repeated
PSALMS 143:7, &c. For though I am not faultless, if thou shouldst...
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Psalms 143:3 enemy H341 (H8802) persecuted H7291 (H8804) soul H5315
crushed H1792 (H8765) life H2416 ground...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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Job 6:27; Luke 22:44; Psalms 102:1; Psalms 102:3; Psalms 102:4;...
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For — This is not a reason of what he last said, but an argument to
enforce his petition delivered, Psalms 143:1. Soul — My life;
nothing less will satisfy him. Dead — I am in as hopeless a
condition...