Psalms 143:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

Psalms 143:12 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 54:5
He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
Psalms 116:16
O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
Psalms 119:94
I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
1 Samuel 25:29
Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
1 Samuel 26:10
David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 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 her…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12. 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.