Psalms 143:3

persecuted. pursued.

my soul. me (emphatic). Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

Related Commentaries of 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 wer...
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)...
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

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...
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...
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 dar...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A late Ps., though ascribed to David, consisting mainly of appropriate reminiscences from earlier Pss.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

That have been long dead ] better, 'that are for ever dead': cp. Lamentations 3:6 .
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 Lam...
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

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 tem...
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 answere...
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 lon...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaints and Petitions. A psalm of David. 1 Hear my prayer, O L...
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 Psalm...
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...
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...
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...
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

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 su...
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 7...
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 wi...

³ 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.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 143:3

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

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

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

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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