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Psalm 142 (143) Updated Brenton English Septuagint

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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 143 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (2)

1 A Psalm of David, when his son pursued him. O Lord, attend to my prayer: Hearken to my supplication in thy truth; Hear me in thy righteousness. 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant, For in thy sight shall no [man] living be justified. 3 For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has brought my life down to the ground; He has made me to dwell in a dark [place], as those that have been long dead. 4 Therefore my spirit was grieved in me; My heart was troubled within me. 5 I remembered the days of old; And I meditated on all thy doings: [Yea], I meditated on the works of thy hands. 6 I spread forth my hands to thee; My soul [thirsts] for thee, as a dry land. Pause. 7 Hear me speedily, O Lord; My spirit has failed; Turn not away thy face from me, Else I shall be like to them that go down to the pit. 8 Cause me to hear thy mercy in the morning; For I have hoped in thee; Make known to me, O Lord, the way wherein I should walk; For I have lifted up my soul to thee. 9 Deliver me from mine enemies, O Lord; For I have fled to thee for refuge. 10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God; Thy good Spirit shall guide me in the straight [way]. 11 Thou shalt quicken me, O Lord, for thy name’s sake; In thy righteousness thou shalt bring my soul out of affliction. 12 And in thy mercy thou wilt destroy mine enemies, And wilt destroy all those that afflict my soul; For I am thy servant.

Cross references (12)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in LXXUP.

  1. 1 Psalm 71:2; Psalm 31:1; Psalm 140:6; Daniel 9:16; 1 John 1:9
  2. 2 Ecclesiastes 7:20; Romans 3:20; Job 25:4; Psalm 130:3; 1 John 1:10
  3. 3 Lamentations 3:6; Psalm 7:5; Psalm 7:1–2; Psalm 88:4–6; Psalm 142:6
  4. 4 Psalm 142:3; Psalm 77:3; Psalm 102:3–4; Psalm 55:5; Luke 22:44
  5. 5 Psalm 77:10–12; Psalm 77:5–6; Micah 6:5; Psalm 111:4; 1 Samuel 17:45–50
  6. 6 Job 11:13; Psalm 63:1; Psalm 88:9; Psalm 84:2; Psalm 42:1–2
  7. 7 Psalm 69:17; Psalm 28:1; Psalm 27:9; Psalm 71:12; Isaiah 38:18
  8. 8 Psalm 25:4–5; Proverbs 3:5–6; Psalm 32:8; Isaiah 48:17; Isaiah 30:21
  9. 9 Proverbs 18:10; Psalm 61:3–4; Psalm 59:1; Psalm 142:5; Psalm 31:15
  10. 10 Psalm 25:4–5; John 14:26; Hebrews 13:21; Psalm 23:3; Psalm 119:12
  11. 11 Psalm 31:1; Ephesians 2:4–5; Psalm 119:25; Psalm 71:2; Psalm 138:7
  12. 12 Psalm 54:5; Psalm 116:16; Psalm 119:94; Psalm 52:5; Psalm 136:15–20

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 143.

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm CXLII)

    "With my voice have I cried unto the Lord" (ver. 1). It were enough to say, "with voice:" not for nothing perhaps has "my" been added. For many cry unto the Lord, not with their own voice, but with the voice of their body.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 143:2 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book IX, Chapter XIII)

    Forgive her, O Lord, forgive her, I beseech Thee; "enter not into judgment" with her. Let Thy mercy be exalted above Thy justice, because Thy words are true, and Thou hast promised mercy unto "the merciful;" which Thou gavest them to be who wilt "have mercy" on whom Thou wilt "have mercy," and wilt "have compassion" on whom Thou hast …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  3. Quotes verse 143:10 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XVI)

    … of the prophets;--and Samuel was called the Seer; and David says distinctly, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and in the Psalms, And take not thy Holy Spirit from me, and again, Thy good Spirit shall lead me in the land of righteousness.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  4. Quotes verse 143:10 Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit (Chapter XIX)

    … the Son is holy, for to the creature holiness was brought in from without, but to the Spirit holiness is the fulfilment of nature, and it is for this reason that He is described not as being sanctified, but as sanctifying. He is called good, as the Father is good, and He who was begotten of the Good is good, …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)

  5. Quotes verse 143:10 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book XII, Chapters XXXI–XXXII)

    Finally, O Lord, who art God, and not flesh and blood, if man doth see anything less, can anything lie hid from "Thy good Spirit," who shall "lead me into the land of uprightness," which Thou Thyself, by those words, wert about to reveal to future readers, although he through whom they were spoken, amid the many interpretations that might …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)