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Psalms 143:1 open_in_new
Title.. Psalm of David. Same as 140.
LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
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Psalms 143:2 open_in_new
enter not. As in Job 9:32; Job 22:4.
in Thy sight. Compare 1 Samuel 16:7; Isaiah 55:8; Job 14:3.
no man. no one. Compare Job 15:14; Job 15:15.
be justified. stand or appear [before Thee] just. The verb is Active. Septuagint, Authorized Version, and Revised Version render it passive. Compare Romans 3:20; Galatians 1:2; Galatians 1:16.
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Psalms 143:3 open_in_new
persecuted. pursued.
my soul. me (emphatic). Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Psalms 143:4 open_in_new
my spirit. me. Hebrew. ruach. App-9. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, put for the whole person, for emphasis.
overwhelmed. Same word as Psalms 77:3; Psalms 107:5; Psalms 142:3.
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Psalms 143:5 open_in_new
remember. Compare Psalms 77:5; Psalms 77:10; Psalms 77:11.
muse. talk with myself. t
he work of Thy hands. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "works" (plural)
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Psalms 143:6 open_in_new
as. Some codices, with seven early printed editions, read "in".
Selah. Connecting and returning to prayer (7-11) as the consequence of the reflection (5, 6). This is the last Selah (of seventy-one) in the Psalms. For three others, see- Habakkuk 3:3; Habakkuk 3:9; Habakkuk 3:13. See App-66.
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Psalms 143:7 open_in_new
the pit. a grave. Hebrew. bor.. sepulchre, as hewn out of the rock. Hence rendered cistern, or dry pit. Compare Genesis 37:20. See note on Genesis 21:19.
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Psalms 143:8 open_in_new
lovingkindness: or grace.
trust. confide. Hebrew. batah. App-69.
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Psalms 143:9 open_in_new
Deliver me. pluck me [out of the hands of].
flee. Authorized Version, 1611, reads "fly". Since 1629 the reading is "flee".
unto. Some codices, with one early printed edition and Septuagint, read "in". Compare Psalms 143:8.
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Psalms 143:10 open_in_new
will. good pleasure.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
Spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
lead, &c.. It will lead.
land. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "way"; others, with Syriac, read "path". Compare Psalms 27:11.
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Psalms 143:11 open_in_new
Quicken me. Give, or preserve me in life. See note || on p. 827.
name's. See note on Psalms 20:1.
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Psalms 143:12 open_in_new
mercy. lovingkindness, or grace.
enemies. Compare Structure, Psalms 143:3.