Psalms 143:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Psalms 143:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 rendere...
Psalms 143:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 on...
Psalms 143:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 143:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

persecuted . pursued. my soul . me (emphatic). Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
Psalms 143:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 143:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. He hath made me to dwell in darkness - Lite...
Psalms 143:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Psalms 143:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 so...
Psalms 143:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A late Ps., though ascribed to David, consisting mainly of appropriate reminiscences from earlier Pss.
Psalms 143:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 88:5-6 . Long...
Psalms 143:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 143:1-12 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...
Psalms 143:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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, Davi...
Psalms 143:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 concerne...
Psalms 143:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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,...
Psalms 143:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 o...
Psalms 143:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Psalms 143:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 143:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaints and Petitions. A psalm of David. 1 Hear my prayer, O L ORD , give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfu...
Psalms 143:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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,...
Psalms 143:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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, “Whe...
Psalms 143:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 143:1-19 . 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...
Psalms 143:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 . Th...
Psalms 143:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Psalms 143:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION ALMOST entirely a psalm of supplication, partly general ( Psalms 143:1 , Psalms 143:7 ), partly special ( Psalms 143:2 , Psalms 143:8-19 ). Psalms 143:3-19 , however, give the gr...
Psalms 143:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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.
Psalms 143:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 6:27 ; Luke 22:44 ; Psalms 102:1 ; Psalms 102:3 ; Psalms 102:4 ; Psalms 119:81-83 ; Psalms 25:16 ; Psalms 55:5 ; Psalms 61:2 ; Psalms 77:3 ; Psalms 124:4 ; Psalms 142:3
Psalms 143:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 condi...

Psalms 143:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 143:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 143:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 143:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 143:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 143:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 143:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 143:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 143:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 143:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 143:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 143:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 143:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 143:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 143:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 143:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 143:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 143:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 143:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 143:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 143:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 143:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 143:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 143:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 143:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 143:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 143:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes