Psalms 143 Chapter 142 This psalm is a prayer, the substance of which David offered up to God when he was forced by Saul to take shelter in a cave, and which he afterwards penned in this form. David knew this, therefore he prays that God would teach him to do his will: "Deliver me, etc. Verses 8-10. Verses 11-12. We once had merry days, days of deliverance, and joy and thanksgiving; why not again? If this was written on account of Absalom, those times of deliverance he called to mind, in order to encourage his faith and hope, and cheer his drooping spirits. This video presents the chronological dates with which the 66 books of the bible was written. 3. a 3 The enemy has pursued my soul;. May the Holy Spirit lead us into its inner meaning. The promise is made to prayer: Isa 65:10, "Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me." In number, in power, in policy and subtilty they are ever above us. The Book of Psalms is the longest book in the Bible and takes the form of poetry that has been widely used as prayers and songs. For no man will frame himself to walk in God's ways till he be assured of God's favour. If evil fall upon us in the night, we would have it removed ere the morning; if in the morning, we would not have it our bed fellow in the evening. F7. Perchance a servant might teach and lead, but only the Master can enliven. And then. It is a warrior's prayer, and smells of the dust and smoke of battle. The Psalmist desires to be heard and to be considered; hence he cries, "hear", and then "give ear." "Thy servant." Our pace to repentance is slow, we are far from haste in that matter. Verse 6. 2 Do not enter into judgment with your servant;. I flee unto thee to hide me. When we see nothing new which can cheer us, let us think upon old things. hoor mijn gebed, neig de oren tot mijn smekingen; verhoor mij naar Uw waarheid, naar Uw gerechtigheid. Behold what a wonderful effect God worketh by afflictions: they depress and cast down the outward man, and our inward man by them is elevated and raised aloft; yea, the more we are afflicted, the more we are stirred up. It is a balsam for every wound, a cordial for every fear. What he knows. Thus the Church was brought to this sick bed ere her comfort came: "For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me:" La 1:16. Verse 10. The present is but a taste, but a drop of the future fulness of joy. Precious peace is the result of pardoning kindness. Or rather, "is full of amazement", literally, "astonishes itself"; seeks to comprehend the mystery of its sufferings, and is ever beaten back upon itself in its perplexity: such is the full force of the reflexive conjugation here employed.—J. Prayer for Help and Guidance. This implies. And when some said to him, "You have been so active and faithful, why should you fear?" They that have been dead but a while are yet remembered sometimes, and sometimes talked of; but they that have been long dead are as quite forgotten as if they had never been; and such, alas, am I. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Psalm_143&oldid=977922096, Articles lacking reliable references from April 2012, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 11 September 2020, at 19:54. They will be exercises of cheerfulness, freedom, and blessedness. Ps 142:3. Yea, this desire extends so far that it comes to the Son of man, the blessed Seed of the woman, who was so clad with human weakness that he earnestly prayed for speedy help from his heavy anguish; and that not once, but often,—"Oh, my Father, if it be possible", etc. Thus helped he the Israelites at the Red Sea, when all man's strength and wisdom was at a stand. The good things he has provided for their meditation when even at their worst, Ps 143:5. Where to listen. The two things his grace will never suffer to die, whose existence is a pledge of near approaching joy,—. Not only the worst of my sins, but the best of my duties speak me a child of Adam.—William Beveridge. God hath nailed that door up, that none can for ever enter by a law righteousness into life and happiness. That dependence which he hath upon God for the mercy he seeks for is a special motive and means to keep him fearful of offending, and diligent in duty. His thoughts of God kindled in him burning desires, and these led to energetic expressions of his inward longings. I am losing all hope; I am paralyzed with fear. So will the weary bands be raised yet again, through faith in him who stretched forth his hands upon the cross. Verse 11. Some were servants in one of the ways, and some in another. The Lord hid the prophets so that Ahab could not find them out: 1Ki 18:13. Wikipedia has what I believe is quite an accurate history. Beneath the crimson canopy of our Lord's atonement believers are completely hidden; let us abide there and be at rest. He pleads the wretchedness of his case, if God withdrew from him. If we have God's countenance we live, but if he turns his back upon us we die. And united they are all, indeed, into a motive, which God hath more clearly revealed to us than he did to David (although it be strange, seeing it was his Lord; and yet not strange, seeing it was his son); and this is the motive: for thy Son Christ Jesus' sake; for he is the verbum abbreviatum the Word in brief, in whom are included all the motives—all the powerful motives—that can be used to God for obtaining our suits.—Sir Richard Baker. His promise is our comfort, and his omnipotence is our guard. A Psalm of David. Enter not into judgment with thy servant. Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the mourning, etc. 3. 2. 143. The later writer maybe did this to make the psalm better. This psalm, as those before, is a prayer of David, and full of complaints of the great distress and danger he was in, probably when Saul persecuted him. It is true that when he was hurted by most of his enemies he turned to HASHEM. Psalm 143 by Yehudi Wyner (b. Verse 3. Psalm 143 Lutherbibel 2017 Bitte um Verschonung und Hilfe (Der siebente Bußpsalm) 1 Ein Psalm Davids. Abbot, in "The Baptist Messenger," 1870. 1. Utopia—"the land of uprightness." [5] The psalm is naturally divided into two parts, marked by the "Selah" at the end of Psalms 143:6. "Hope deferred maketh the heart sick"; and therefore David adds, "my spirit faileth." Christ Himself, who is equal with his Father, yet is not ashamed of the title servant: Isa 53:11. 1. Whether it was seeking refuge from His enemies, in deep repentance for His transgressions or to worship and glorify God, the foundation upon which the prayer and praises of David rested, was the righteousness, faithfulness and goodness of God. If we look at Tehelim [Psalms] 143 written by Melek [King] David, we can understand that the central focus of Melek David is none other but HASHEM [G_D]. ", Verse 8. He who teaches us must put us into leading strings, and guide and conduct us to his own dwelling place in the country of holiness. To dwell in darkness. We seek in vain temporal deliverances of God if we neglect to seek spiritual graces, which are most necessary for us. A Psalm of David. 2 En ga niet in het gericht met Uw knecht; Rom. 8vo, second edition, Carlisle; 1818. The great lengths God may sometimes permit the enemy to go, Ps 143:3. Psalm 143:5-6. Our plea with the Lord is our faith: if we are relying upon him, he cannot disappoint us: "in thee do I trust" is a sound and solid argument with God. of whom should we seek, but of the Lord? Prayer and praise, reading and meditation, will be sweet with such a subject occupying and influencing our minds. Alas! for You alone are my Lord and my God, in Jesus name I pray, AMEN Give me a teachable spirit I pray and a heart that is filled with praise. The luxurious Emperor ?Smyndirides the Sybarite and his drunken mates sat and drank all the night, and slept all the day, insomuch that it was said of them, they never saw sunset nor sunrise. He repeats his perusal of the page of nature, and counts it a balm for his wounds, a cordial for his cares, to see what the Lord has made by his skilful hands. He could not reach them of himself; he must be led there. Copyright © 2001 by Phillip R. Johnson. The main cycle of liturgical prayers takes place over four weeks. That which makes us flee to our God may be an ill wind, but it blows us good. This psalm is divided by the Selah. A Psalm of David. He did not only pray in that affliction, but he prayed very much and very often, not the same over again, but new thoughts. 143. Verse 1. To the Master: "I am thy servant." "Thy servant also bring thou not ", 1. In thy sight justify'd.". W. Burgon. Teach me to do thy will, etc. 2. If ever trouble be just cause for calling upon thee, how can mine be more just, when the enemy hath persecuted my soul, hath smitten my life down to the ground, and hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead? Verses 5, 6. God alone the desire of his people. Een psalm van David. The Cry Of The Overwhelmed Spirit . Scripture: Psalms 143:1-12. In the former verse he desireth God's mercy and lovingkindness, and that he might be showed the way wherein he should walk: now he desireth to be free of temporal danger. I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy. F. 1. Paul, when he would blaze his coat of arms, and set forth his best heraldry, he doth not call himself Paul, an Hebrew of the Hebrews, or Paul of the tribe of Benjamin, but Paul "a servant of Christ": Ro 1:1. Psalms 143. 7:20 Rom. And he is a good Spirit, as he doth incline us to good. Verse 7. There were servants who were born in the master's house, servants who were bought with the master's money, servants who were the captives of his sword and bow, and servants who had freely engaged themselves to do his work...In the case of the believer there is something that is peculiar and remarkable. 1. They know now that they are no more their own, but his; and therefore should now live to him. Hardly when he is on the mount of praise, and singing his songs of Zion in the most triumphant strain, does he appear more admirable than when struggling through this painful conflict. We ourselves have a rich past to look back upon; we have sunny memories, sacred memories, satisfactory memories, and these are as flowers for the bees of faith to visit, from whence they may make honey for present use. Christ will never hide the devil, nor any of his servants. 1. No heavenly shower had refreshed him from the sanctuary: banished from the means of grace, his soul felt parched and dry, and he cried out, "My soul to thee"; nothing would content him but the presence of his God. A young man once said to me: "I do not think I am a sinner." I stretch forth my hands unto thee, as if I were in hope thou wouldst take me by the hand and draw me to thee.—Sir Richard Baker. As to his argument,—because thou art Jehovah, faithful, righteous. "Teach me to do thy will." God's sight is piercing and discriminating; the slightest flaw is seen and judged; and therefore pretence and profession cannot avail where that glance reads all the secrets of the soul. For the sake of thine own glory, that thou mayest show thyself to be the God of lovingkindness and power which thou art esteemed to be.—Andrew Robert Fausset. You must pray that he would hide you. 3. For what persecution so grievous as to be persecuted in my soul? This he especially prays for, more than for deliverance, for else he knew God would not hear him. What fixes the connection of the psalm with the history is the frequent application of the term "Thy (Jehovah's) servant", by David to himself in the latter, as in Ps 143:2 144:12 of the former. He is afraid lest if God should long delay, and withdraw himself, faith and hope could hold out no longer. 4. destroy all them that afflict my soul (Psalms 143:12). "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread" (Ge 3:19); this lies upon the sons of men. Miserable are those who go without his conduction.—Archibald Symson. In this troubled world, if we have ever felt like David (weary and exhausted), we can take his example from this Psalm and pray, meditate on God's works, and thirst after Him; and in turn God will lift us up and restore our souls. (Psalms 143:11). Note also how often he uses the words "unto thee"; he is after his God; lie must travel in that direction by some means, even though he may seem to be beating a retreat; his whole being longs to be near the Lord. Because in his favour is life, wealth, and grace, all good things, and pleasure for evermore, so that if he look kindly to us we need be afraid of nothing. Note: I normally do not give you two outlines from the same book of the Bible in one week. If he heard Samson in the bitterness of his heart, when he said, "I die from thirst", and opened a spring out of the jawbone of an ass (Jud 15:19), will he forsake us in time of our distress, if we thirst aright?—Archibald Symson. We, as Christians, turn the petition to spiritual use only. In fact the Book of Psalms was the hymn book of the Second Temple. O my soul, to fly is not always a sign of baseness; it is not always a point of valour to stand to it; but then to fly when we feel our own weakness, and to him to fly, in whom is our strength—this is, if not valour, at least wisdom, but it is, to say true, both wisdom and true valour. In such desire or grief there is nothing sinful, provided it do not lead to murmuring or distrust of God. These men were true children of nature. Such would we have the evils we suffer—of so short continuance that, neither sunset nor sunrise might see us in our misery. Gerelateerde info . For thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. PSALM 143. Saul was jealous of David and saw him as a threat to his power. "—John Gill. come to my relief. A pitiful father will not see the spirit of his children utterly fail. for hearing sometimes may be passive, where giving ear is always active; and seeing Christ, we doubt not, heard the woman of Canaan's first cry, while it was a prayer; but gave no ear till her second cry, when it was grown to a supplication. It was written as a Psalm of praise or thanksgiving, most probably for use in worship. The two prayers "Cause me to hear", and "Cause me to know." Psalms is the longest book of the Bible (see what the longest book actually is). We are inclined and enabled to good by the sanctifying Spirit. 87.87 D. Beach Spring (Lord, Whose Love through Humble Service) ... All metrical versions of the psalms have been written by Tim and Julie Tennent in order to provide an open source psalter for public and private worship. 1 Een onderwijzing van David, een gebed, als hij in de spelonk was.. 2 Ik riep met mijn stem tot den HEERE; ik smeekte tot den HEERE met mijn stem.. 3 Ik stortte mijn klacht uit voor Zijn aangezicht; ik gaf te kennen voor Zijn aangezicht mijn benauwdheid.. 4 Als mijn geest in mij overstelpt was, zo hebt Gij mijn pad gekend. PSALM 143 . The land of plainness, a land where no wickedness of men, and malice of Satan, vex the soul from day to day; a land where no rough paths and crooked turns lengthen out the traveller's weary journey (see Ps 143:5); but where all is like the smooth pasture lands of Reuben (De 3:10 Jos 13:9), a fit place for flocks to lie down.—Andrew A. Bonar. As the hopper feeds the mill with grist, so does meditation supply the heart with matter for prayer.—William Gurnall. b He has made me dwell in darkness 2 Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you. Psalm 23 as we have it dates from the Second Temple period. Verse 10. HASHEM saved Melek David from violent men. Every servant of God is a son, every subject a prince: it is more honour to serve God than to have kings to serve us: the angels in heaven are servants to the saints.—Thomas Watson. A psalm of David. I flee unto thee to hide me. We may be sure that trouble was soon over when the Lord heard such supplications. The best restorative; her Lord's face. Creation had been the book in which he read of the wisdom and goodness of the Lord. Nay, was it not so even with the holy Jesus himself? These seven Penitential Psalms also sometimes called "the Special Psalms", and have long been used in Church as the completest and most spiritual acts of repentance which she possesses. ", Verse 10. Who will not run to help a suppliant when his life is in jeopardy? Cause me to hear thy loving kindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust. 2 En ga niet in het gericht met Uw knecht; want niemand, die leeft, zal voor Uw aangezicht rechtvaardig zijn. The above is scarce, but will be found in Mr. Higham's Reprint of Sir R. Baker on the Psalms. The man is hidden in the Lord, and spends his peaceful life in learning the will of his Preserver. Verse 11. From the series: Psalms: The Hymnal Of Israel, Book V (Psalms 107-150) PREVIOUS PAGE | NEXT PAGE Psalm 143 Bible commentary on the Book of Psalms, chapter 143, by Dr. Bob Utley, retired professor of hermeneutics. The Psalmist's cry is divided into four stages: the psalmist is sorry and is not better than another; it is at an impasse; but he sees that the Lord has saved other men; so he puts his trust in the Lord. hoor mijn gebed, neig de oren tot mijn smekingen; verhoor mij naar Uw waarheid, naar Uw gerechtigheid. a. Luister, geef mij een levensteken. This is the tone and tune of men in distress. For in leaving of two things we change our desires, and are much different. 1957) I Was Glad (Psalm 122) by Howard Goodall (b. That’s why Psalm 143 is in the Bible, because we need this additional lesson on how to pray correctly when we face severe trials. But Mahanaim was with him; he was guarded by God's angels. Verse 3. Bring my soul out of trouble. b) The practice of prayer. A heart cannot long be desolate which is thus docile. 2 143:2 Job 9:2 14:3-4 Pred. "—John Fawcett. LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief. Jehovah had first used it of David, "Tell to my servant, to David"; David therefore fastens on it as his plea again and again (2Sa 7:5,9-21,25-29). After a moment he said: "No, indeed, I should not like to have them know; no, not for the world." They follow after the fifteen ascension Psalms, and the devout Israelite used them as a manual of private prayer and praise. 2. Verse 9. 276-308. 1 Hear my prayer, O L ord, Listen to my supplications! So my spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed. Psalm 143. 3. Oh for more life as well as more light! Psalm 143. If so, it is a sign he intends to answer thee. "—John Mayer. God will not fail when our spirit fails, but the rather he will hasten his course and come to us on the wings of the wind. This is the alone and all sufficient source of joy. The history here again is an undesigned agreement with the psalm (2Sa 16:2,14): "The King, and all the people with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves" with Ziba's fruits; also 2Sa 17:2. What fine sense of the natural analogy of the natural and spiritual does not underlie these words. If at the first view the deeds of the Lord do not encourage us, let us think them over again, ruminating and considering the histories of divine providence. Moreover, his absence enables adversaries to work their will without restraint; and thus, in a second way, the persecuted one is like to perish. Verse 10. what so good a lesson as to do God's will?—Sir Richard Baker. I muse on the work of thy hands. God hears early prayer, and lovingly responds to it. Yes, and by voluntary engagement too. All this "the enemy" hath done unto me: but what enemy? 1. on the near side of Jordan: "My soul thirsteth for thee." This worthy psalm, then, containeth these three things. It was our human flesh, not his Divine spirit, which was so weary of suffering; his spirit was willing, it was our flesh that was so weak.—Thomas Calvert. 3. But is it not the enemy of thyself, O God, who is but my enemy because I am thy servant? He was eager for his God. The land of uprightness. Rests within his Shepherd's arms! Hear my prayer, O LORD,Give ear to my supplications!In Your faithfulness answer me,And in Your righteousness.Do not enter into judgment with Your servant,For in Your sight no one living is righteous. 2. He desireth God to slay his enemies in his mercy, when rather their destruction was a work of his justice? Verse 10. Nay, if a man does not desire the light of God's countenance soon, it is a certain proof that he does not desire it at all. However it be, as hearing, O God, without giving ear would be to no purpose, so thy giving without giving answer would do me no good; O, therefore, "answer me, " God: for if thou answer not my prayer, how canst thou answer my expectations. Prudence:he hides before the storm, ere the enemy comes upon him. It is true indeed obedience to the law is not required of us now as it was of Adam; it was required of him as a condition antecedent to life, but of those that be in Christ it is required only as a duty consequent to life, or as a rule of life, that seeing he hath purchased our lives in redemption, and actually given us life in vocation and sanctification, we should now live unto him, in all thankful and fruitful obedience, according to his will revealed in the moral law. When the work of our own hand grieves us, let us look to the work of God's hands. It may be rendered, "With thee have I hid"; that is, myself: so Arama gives the sense. Home / Lent / Psalm 143. His throne is our asylum. A Sacred Septenarie, Or, A Godly And Fruitfull Exposition on the Seven Psalms Of Repentance by Mr. Archibald Symson... London, 1638 4to., contains an Exposition of this Psalm, pp. To hear thy lovingkindness in the morning makes my waking to be saluted, as it were, with music; makes my troubles seem as if they were but dreams; makes me find it true that though "weeping may endure for a night, yet joy cometh in the morning": Ps 30:5. . 1 Een psalm van David. What fixes the connection of the psalm with the history is the frequent application of the term "Thy (Jehovah's) servant", by David to himself in the latter, as in Psalms 143:2 144:12 of the former. We could not pray just so with our Christian light; but under Old Testament arrangements the spirit of it was congruous to the law. This is true revival! So my spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed. 1 Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness. My soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. A man is sometimes thrown into difficulties in which he sits down beginning to despair, and says to himself, "Well, this time it is all over with me"; like Sterne's starling, or, worse, like Bunyan's man in the cage, he says, "I cannot get out." It is well to have a subject like this to occupy our waking thoughts, and to take hold of our first desires. This is its native air: God as the Environment of the soul has been from the remotest age the doctrine of all the deepest thinkers in religion. ... Wij willen u aanmoedigen de psalmen van De Nieuwe Psalmberijming binnen uw kerkelijke gemeenschap te zingen, uit te voeren, teksten af te drukken en/of liedteksten te projecteren. As a prisoner whose feet are bound extends his hands in supplication when there is hope of liberty, so does David. Verse 11. And even the full share of the sadder experiences of life which came to all of them but drove them the further into the secret place, and led them with more consecration to make, as they expressed it, "the Lord their portion." His heart is ever toward us, his ear is open to us, and his hand is ready to help, protect, and deliver us. 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. For thy righteousness' sake. Verse 11. 2. She was a stranger in our town, and had been there a few weeks before, some time in her girlhood, and had attended my Sabbath school class. 1 Hear my prayer, O Lord, Give ear to my supplications! Had he not done better to have died valiantly than to fly basely? There is no help for us against them all but our gracious God. F. 1. Verse 12. Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed, etc. Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies. Psalm 143. Therefore when thou art in treaty with God for any mercy, observe, doth God still after praying keep thee in a more obedient frame of spirit? These verses really sum up the apparent paradox of the Book of Job (see Job 4:17 9:2,32 14:3 Job 15:14 22:4, etc.). 2. This voice also speaks joy. Thou hast given me thyself, thou wilt surely give me lily teaching. The prayer of David becomes, as he proceeds, both more spiritual and more fervent. 143 1 Een psalm van David. These are active attributes, and fully equal to the answering of any prayer which it would be light to answer. Verse 8. Lastly, he again puts up his prayer for wisdom and holiness: "Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness." Verse 8 goes in the same direction. Ro 8:1-3.—Thomas Shepherd, in "The Sound Believer," 1671. W. Burgon. David was not only a great saint, but a great soldier, and yet even he was sometimes ready to faint in the day of adversity. 2. ; and when his Father answers not, he cries like one ready to fall under the burden, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Psalm 142 - A maskil of David. It could be from the time before David was recognized as king, living as a fugitive from King Saul, or it could be f… As David with his harp played away the evil spirit from Saul, so does he hero chase away gloom from his own soul by holy communion with God. in your faithfulness listen to my pleading; answer me in your righteousness. Bible students think that David wrote verses 1-6 of this psalm. First, by his word. So will the soul cry to the heard, and that soon, lest its faith grow faint with delay; and the hiding of God's face, the denying of his smile of pardon, will press on the spirit like sickness, and weigh it down like the heaviness of death.—J. I stretch forth my hands unto thee. True poetry is only science in another form. How is the righteousness of God concerned in our deliverance from trouble? He feels that his life is being pounded and pulverised into the ground. as though it were not all one "to hear" and "to give ear"? If such be the humble cry of a servant, what ought to be the pleading of a sinner? Our case is difficult, and we plead for special attention. The divine Guide,—"thy Spirit is good.". It will render the name of Jehovah the more glorious in the eyes of men if he creates a high degree of spiritual life in his servants; and this is a reason for his doing so, which we may urge with much confidence. And not from man, O Lord, to thee."—A. He had entreated for audience at the mercy seat, but he has no wish to appear before the judgment seat. My enemy has chased me. Selah. To know the way we ought to take is exceedingly needful, for how can we be exact in obedience to a law with which we are not acquainted? My soul thirsteth after thee, etc. Psalms 138 through 145 form a cluster of Psalms, all written by David. It is a strong motive in our prayers to move him, for he is pitiful, and will not let his children utterly fail and perish; he is a pitiful Spirit to failing spirits. Ps 143:8.—"Cause me to know the way.". The Spirit is the only fountain of all goodness and holiness: Ne 9:20, "Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them." For when we have obtained an assurance of God's favour, as he is reconciled to us in Jesus Christ, it followeth next that we should desire to conform our lives to the obedience of his commandments. Mark here, my soul, with what three cords David seeks to draw God to grant him his suits: for his name's sake, for his righteousness' sake, and for his mercy's sake,—three such motives, that it must be a very hard suit that God will deny, if either of them be used. He hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. Weak man cannot content himself to know he shall have help, unless it be present help.—Thomas Calvert, 1647. Though clear before men, he could not claim innocence before God. Teach me to do thy will. I meditate. It is not without some use to observe in this psalm how the, heart of its devout composer turned alternately from spiritual to temporal, and again from temporal to spiritual subjects. And even the New Testament has nothing higher to offer man than this. And now, O God, seeing I find my own weakness, and know thy strength, what should I do but fly, and whither fly but only to thee?—to thee, a strong fortress to all that build upon thee; to thee, a safe sanctuary to all that fly unto thee.—Sir Richard Baker. Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you. Hear my prayer, O LORD, etc. If we will creep under his wings he will surely keep us.—Archibald Symson. In Psalm 143, David laments his circumstances and feels that every step he takes is under attack from his enemies, who are persecuting his soul. So long have I been made to dwell in darkness, as if I had been dead many years ago, that he that would seek to find me out must be fain to look for me amongst the tombs and monuments. Leer mij, o God van zaligheden, Mijn leven in Uw dienst besteden; Gij zijt mijn God, vat Gij mijn hand; Uw goede Geest bestier' mijn schreden, En leid' mij in een effen land. STUDIES IN PSALMS PARAPHRASE PSALM 143 Hear my prayer, 0 Lord; answer my plea, because Yiou are faithful to Your promises.1 2 Don’t bring me to trial!For as compared with You, no one is perfect. Good men began to forget him, as though he had been long dead; and bad men made ridicule of his rueful visage as though it belonged not to a living man, but was dark with the shadow of the sepulchre. 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