Psalms 143:12

mercy. lovingkindness, or grace.

enemies. Compare Structure, Psalms 143:3.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 143:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 f...
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 re...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 - To me and the kingdom....
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 Psalmi...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

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 sa...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Comp. Pss. xviii, 40, 54:7.
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. Probabl...
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...
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 eit...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS READER, do pause to mark the blessedness of that state, which can look up and plead for justification before God, upon the sole authorit...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I [am] thy servant. Ver. 12. Cut off mine enemies ] Because...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 143:10 ; Psalms 143:12 . Teach me to do thy will To continue in faithful obedience to thee, notwithstanding all temptations to the cont...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayers for Divine Grace. 7 Hear me speedily, O L ORD : my spirit fai...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Of thy mercy; out of thy mercy to me, whose life they seek.
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 t...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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 f...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

«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....
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, “o...
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 unright...
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 1...
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 i...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 opp...

¹² And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 143:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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