Psalms 143:2

Psalms 143:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no one living is righteous.

Context of Psalms 143:2

1O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me. Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You. 3For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead. 4My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.

Psalms 143:2 word by word

וְאַל־תָּב֣וֹא בְ֭מִשְׁפָּט אֶת־עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֤י לֹֽא־יִצְדַּ֖ק לְפָנֶ֣יךָ כָל־חָֽי׃Read the interlinear

• Do notאַל'al · notH408
• bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• Your servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• into judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• into judgmentאֵת'êth · withH854
• forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• no oneלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• aliveחַיchay · aliveH2416
• is righteousצָדֵקtsâdaq · to justifyH6663
• before Youפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• before Youכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605

Cross-references for Psalms 143:2

• Psalms 130:3If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
• Job 14:3Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
• Exodus 34:7maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
• Job 4:17‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?
• Job 9:2“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
• Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
• Job 25:4How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
• Ecclesiastes 7:20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
• Romans 3:20Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
• Galatians 2:16know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
• 1 John 1:10If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

Commentaries on Psalms 143:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2And enter not into judgment with thy servant - Do not deal with me on the ground of justice as toward “thee;” do not mark my own offences against thee, when I plead that justice may be done as between me and my fellow-men. While I plead that thou wouldst judge righteously between me and them, I am conscious that I could not claim thy needed interposition on the ground of any righteousness toward thee. There I must confess that I am a sinner; there I can…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Everyone has sinned and is guilty before God (Romans 3:20–24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. enter ... judgment--deal not in strict justice. shall no ... justified--or, "is no man justified," or "innocent" (Job 14:3; Ro 3:20).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 143

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings