Psalm 143:12 NASB,NASB

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 143:11-12

(11, 12) The last two verses are made of reminiscences of former psalm experiences. The verbs should be in the future, not the imperative.For thy name’s sake.—Comp. Psalms 23:3, &c. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 143:12

(12) Comp. Pss. xviii, 40, 54:7. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 143:1-12

Memorable Days Psalms 143:5 I. 'I remember the days' when there were no days; I remember the period before duration was broken up into fragmentary hours and perishable opportunities; my time enables me to go back by spiritual interpretation and ideality into the chambers of the infinite, the eternal presence. 'I remember the days:' I have written them down in my book kept in the treasure-house of mine heart; no thief can break through and steal; the days are my own, the history is a gathering... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 143:1-12

Psalms 143:1-12THIS psalm’s depth of sadness and contrition, blended with yearning trust, recalls the earlier psalms attributed to David. Probably this general resemblance in inwardness and mood is all that is meant by the superscription in calling it "a psalm of David." Its copious use of quotations and allusions indicate a late date. But there is no warrant for taking the speaker to be the personified Israel. It is clearly divided into two equal halves, as indicated by the Selah, which is not... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 143:1-12

Psalm 143-145 In Psalms 143:1-12 the enemy is mentioned again, the enemy who pursued David. “For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have long been dead.” How this again reminds us of the death experience of the pious remnant when the man of sin, the Antichrist will rule in Israel’s land. Prayer for deliverance follows. Hear me speedily--Hide not Thy face from me--Cause me to hear Thy... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 143:12

143:12 And of thy mercy {m} cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I [am] thy {n} servant.(m) Which will be a sign of your fatherly kindness toward me.(n) Resigning myself wholly to you, and trusting in your protection. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 143:1-12

Psalms 135:0 Praises God for choosing Jacob (Psalms 135:1-4 ), extols His power in the natural world (Psalms 135:5-7 ), and in the deliverance of His people from Egypt (Psalms 135:8-9 ) and bringing them into the promised land (Psalms 135:10-12 ). All this is in contrast to the vanity of idols (Psalms 135:13-18 ). Psalms 136:0 Is of the same character as the preceding, but is notable for the chorus attached to each verse a chorus with which we have become familiar in other psalms (Psalms 106:1... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 143:7-12

Here are the same hopes, the same confidences, and the same acts of faith, which all the other parts of the believer's supplications carry with them, that the issue shall be prosperous. And to those who view Christ as the foundation on which those hopes are built, the issue will never be doubtful. Jesus hath said, heaven and earth shall pass away; but my word shall not pass away, Matthew 24:35 . read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 143:12

REFLECTIONS READER, do pause to mark the blessedness of that state, which can look up and plead for justification before God, upon the sole authority of God's covenant, and the person and righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. As Jesus himself pleaded both these, so hath he taught his people to do the same. As poor, polluted, guilty, sinners, we could have nothing to plead, but only cry for pure mercy. But, while we keep God's Christ in view, and behold him as Jehovah's salvation to the ends... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 143:12

PSALM CXLIII. (BENEDICTUS DOMINUS.) The prophet praiseth God, and prayeth to be delivered from his enemies. No worldly happiness is to be compared with that of serving God. Whose. Hebrew, "our." This makes quite a different sense from the ancient versions, which refer what follows to the rebels, who had no cause to complain of David's government, ver. 14. (Calmet) --- St. Jerome, however, agrees with the Hebrew, "that our sons may be, " &c. Protestants asher means "whose (ver. 11.) ... read more