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Psalms 143:12
12In Your mercy cut off my enemies, And destroy all those who afflict my soul; 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 Living Translation (NLT)In your unfailing love, silence all my enemies and destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.
Context of Psalms 143:12
10Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness. 11Revive me, O Lord, for Your name’s sake! For Your righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble. In Your mercy cut off my enemies, And destroy all those who afflict my soul; 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 enemies for their evil. Cut them off in Your truth.
- Psalms 55:23But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction; Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in You.
- Psalms 136:15But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, For His mercy endures forever;
- 1 Samuel 24:12Let the Lord judge between you and me, and let the Lord avenge me on you. But my hand shall not be against you.
- 1 Samuel 25:29Yet a man has risen to pursue you and seek your life, but the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; and the lives of your enemies He shall sling out, as from the pocket of a sling.
- 1 Samuel 26:10David said furthermore, “As the Lord lives, the Lord shall strike him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall go out to battle and perish.
- Psalms 116:16O Lord, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have loosed my bonds.
- Psalms 119:94I am Yours, save me; For I have sought 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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