Psalms 143:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 143

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²And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

Psalms 143:2 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 7:20
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Job 25:4
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
Romans 3:20
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Psalms 130:3
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
1 John 1:10
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

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Commentary

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

(vv. 1-6)

Here, I. David humbly begs to be heard (Ps. 143:1), not as if he questioned it, but he earnestly desired it, and was in care about it, for, having desired it, and was in care about it, for having directed his prayer, he looked up to see how it sped, Hab. 2:1. He is a suppliant to his God, and he begs that his requests may be granted: Hear my prayer; give ear to my supplications. He is an appellant…

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

(vv. 2)

2. enter ... judgment--deal not in strict justice. shall no ... justified--or, “is no man justified,” or “innocent” (Job 14:3; Ro 3:20).