Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 143:12
12and in your faithful love destroy my enemies. Wipe out all those who attack me, for I am your servant.
Psalms 143:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
- New International Version (NIV)In your unfailing love, silence my enemies; destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And in your steadfast love you will cut off my enemies, and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul, for I am your servant.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In Your mercy cut off my enemies, And destroy all those who afflict my soul; For I am Your servant.
Context of Psalms 143:12
10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your gracious Spirit lead me on level ground. 11For your name’s sake, Lord, let me live. In your righteousness deliver me from trouble, and in your faithful love destroy my enemies. Wipe out all those who attack me, for I am your servant.
Read all of Psalms 143Psalms 143:12 word by word
וּֽבְחַסְדְּךָ֮ תַּצְמִ֪ית אֹ֫יְבָ֥י וְֽ֭הַאֲבַדְתָּ כָּל־צֹרֲרֵ֣י נַפְשִׁ֑י כִּ֝֗י אֲנִ֣י עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 143:12
- Psalms 54:5He will repay my adversaries for their evil. Because of your faithfulness, annihilate them.
- Psalms 55:23God, you will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and treachery will not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.
- Psalms 136:15but hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His faithful love endures forever.
- 1 Samuel 24:12“May the Lord judge between me and you, and may the Lord take vengeance on you for me, but my hand will never be against you.
- 1 Samuel 25:29“Someone is pursuing you and intends to take your life. My lord’s life is tucked safely in the place where the Lord your God protects the living, but he is flinging away your enemies’ lives like stones from a sling.
- 1 Samuel 26:10David added, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will certainly strike him down: either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
- Psalms 116:16Lord, I am indeed your servant; I am your servant, the son of your female servant. You have loosened my bonds.
- Psalms 119:94I am yours; save me, for I have studied your precepts.
Commentaries on Psalms 143:12
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12And 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 punishment of a robber or a pirate is a mercy to society, to mankind; just as every prison is a display of “mercy” as well as of “justice” - mercy to society at large; justice to the offenders. And destroy all them that afflict my soul - Cut them off; render them powerless to do mischief. For I am thy servant - Not…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 David prays that God would be well pleased with him, and let him know that he was so. He pleads the wretchedness of his case, if God withdrew from him. But the night of distress and discouragement shall end in a morning of consolation and praise. He prays that he might be enlightened with the knowledge of God's will; and this is the first work of the Spirit. A good man does not ask the way in which is the most pleasant walking, but what is the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12The psalm ends with a prayer for God to show that the psalmist is in the right and to restore his life.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. God's mercy to His people is often wrath to His and their enemies (compare Psa 31:17). thy servant--as chosen to be such, entitled to divine regard.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
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