Psalm 143:12 NASB,NASB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 143:7-12

David here tells us what he said when he stretched forth his hands unto God; he begins not only as one in earnest, but as one in haste: ?Hear me speedily, and defer no longer, for my spirit faileth. I am just ready to faint; reach the cordial?quickly, quickly, or I am gone.? It was not a haste of unbelief, but of vehement desire and holy love. Make haste, O God! to help me. Three things David here prays for:? I. The manifestations of God's favour towards him, that God would be well pleased... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 143:12

And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies ,.... Which, though an act of vindictive justice, and terrible righteousness to them, would be an act of grace and mercy to him, who thereby would be delivered from them: or, "for thy grace" F2 כחסדך "propter misericordiam tuam", Pagninus; "propter benignitatem tuam", Musculus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "pergratiam tuam", Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis. ; for the sake of it, for the honour of it, do this; those being, as Cocceius thinks,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 143:12

And of thy mercy - To me and the kingdom. Cut off mine enemies - Who, if they succeed, will destroy the very form of godliness. The steps he has already taken show that even morality shall have no countenance, if Absalom reign. I am thy servant - Whoever is disloyal to me, I will love and serve thee. For a full explanation of this Psalm, as applied to penitents, see the analysis. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 143:12

Verse 12 12.And in thy mercy, etc. In this verse he repeats for the fifth or sixth time that he looked for life only of God’s free mercy. Whatever severity may appear on the part of God when he destroys the wicked, David affirms that the vengeance taken upon them would be a proof of fatherly mercy to him. Indeed these two things often meet together — the severity and the goodness of God; for in stretching out his hand to deliver his own people, he directs the thunder of his indignation against... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 143:1-12

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 143:1-12

The soul's appeal to God. The groundwork of the psalm is that of great affliction. The psalmist is in very sore trouble; the strongest expressions are used to convey the idea of complete outward disaster and inward dejection ( Psalms 143:3 , Psalms 143:4 ). There is only one respect in which things could be worse than they are—death itself, and the going down into the dark land of forgetfulness ( Psalms 143:7 ). But, as in the preceding psalm, his dire extremity is the very occasion... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 143:1-12

The cry of the overwhelmed spirit. I. ITS CHARACTERISTICS . 1. How earnest it is! The psalmist was not in any light, indifferent, or formal spirit when he uttered this prayer. Its intensity is evident all the way through. 2. And believing . "In thy faithfulness answer me" ( Psalms 143:1 ). He believed the promises of God, and claims their fulfillment, expects that what God has promised he will make good. Such expectation is all too rare; and its rarity accounts... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 143:1-12

A complaint and a prayer. This the last of the penitential psalms. The authorship and occasion of it uncertain. Pervaded by a deep tone of sorrow and anguish and a deep sense of sin. Roughly divided, the first part ( Psalms 143:1-6 ) contains the complaint ; and the second ( Psalms 143:7-12 ), the prayer founded on that complaint. I. THE COMPLAINT . 1. His enemies overwhelmed with a sense of desolation . ( Psalms 143:3 , Psalms 143:4 .) "His life was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 143:11-12

Vindications left with God. "Whatever of human frailty may attach to the desire of vengeance, yet the fact remains that to smite the oppressor of righteousness is a part of 'the goodness' of God." "It is worthy of observation that the psalmist pleads God's righteousness as the foundation on which he bases his supplication for the deliverance of his soul out of trouble; and God's loving-kindness or mercy as that on which he grounds his prayer, or his conviction, that God will destroy his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 143:12

And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies . In thy goodness towards me, remove those enemies whose conduct towards me has been described in Psalms 143:3 , Psalms 143:4 . And destroy all them that afflict my soul . This is David's ordinary prayer with respect to his enemies, whom be counts as God's adversaries, and the persecutors of faithful Israel (see Psalms 5:10 ; Psalms 7:9 ; Psalms 10:15 ; Psalms 28:4 , Psalms 28:5 ; Psalms 35:4-6 , Psalms 35:8 , etc.). For I am thy... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 143:7-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 143:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 143:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 143:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 143:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 143:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 143:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 143:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 143:11-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 143:12

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