God’s Word Translation
Psalms 143:2
2Do not take me to court for judgment, because there is no one alive who is righteous in your presence.
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, listen to my prayer. Open your ears to hear my urgent requests. Answer me because you are faithful and righteous. Do not take me to court for judgment, because there is no one alive who is righteous in your presence. 3The enemy has pursued me. He has ground my life into the dirt. He has made me live in dark places like those who have died long ago. 4That is why I begin to lose hope and my heart is in a state of shock.
Read all of Psalms 143Psalms 143:2 word by word
וְאַל־תָּב֣וֹא בְ֭מִשְׁפָּט אֶת־עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֤י לֹֽא־יִצְדַּ֖ק לְפָנֶ֣יךָ כָל־חָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 143:2
- Psalms 130:3O Lord, who would be able to stand if you kept a record of sins?
- Job 14:3You observe this and call me to account to you.
- Exodus 34:7He continues to show his love to thousands of generations, forgiving wrongdoing, disobedience, and sin. He never lets the guilty go unpunished, punishing children and grandchildren for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation.”
- Job 4:17‘Can ⌞any⌟ mortal be righteous to God? Can ⌞any⌟ human being be pure to his maker?’
- Job 9:2“Yes, I know that this is true. But how can a mortal be declared righteous to God?
- Job 15:14Why should a mortal be considered faultless or someone born of a woman be considered righteous?
- Job 25:4How can a person be righteous to God? How can anyone born of a woman be pure?
- Ecclesiastes 7:20Certainly, there is no one so righteous on earth that he always does what is good and never sins.
- Romans 3:20Not one person can have God’s approval by any effort to follow the laws in the Scriptures. These laws show what sin is.
- Galatians 2:16Yet, we know that people don’t receive God’s approval by any effort to follow the laws in the Scriptures, but only by believing in Jesus Christ. So we also believed in Jesus Christ in order to receive God’s approval by faith in Christ and not by our own efforts. People won’t receive God’s approval by their own efforts.
- 1 John 1:10If we say, “We have never sinned,” we turn God into 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
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