Psa 7:8-9, 43:1, 143:1, 11-12, Dan 9:16 | TSK | STEP | The Lord. judge. according. to mine.

A.M. 2983. B.C. 1021. (Title.)This Psalm is evidently a continuation of the preceding, and had the same author; and they are written as one in forty-six MSS. The sameness of subject, similarity of composition, and return of the same burden in both, are sufficient evidence of this opinion.

Judge.

7:8; 26:1; 35:24; 75:7; 1Co 4:4; 1Pe 2:23

plead.

35:1; 1Sa 24:15; Pr 22:23; 23:11; Mic 7:9

ungodly. or, unmerciful. the deceitful. Heb. a man ofdeceit and iniquity.

71:4; 2Sa 15:31; 16:20-23; 17:1-4

Psalms 143:1

1 David prays for favour in judgment.

3 He complains of his griefs.

5 He strengthens his faith by meditation and prayer.

7 He prays for grace;

9 for deliverance;

10 for sanctification;

12 for destruction of his enemies;

(Title.) A Psalm.The LXX., Vulgate, Ethiopic, and Arabic state that this Psalm was composed by David on the rebellion of his son Absalom; and there are several passages in it which agree remarkably well with that period; for then he had most reason to fear lest God should deal with him according to his sins; which he deprecates with such a deep sense of his unworthiness, that it has hence been numbered among the penitential Psalms, of which it is the last. In it he prays to God for pardon, ver. 1; acknowledges the impossibility of being saved but by grace, ver. 2; deplores the lamentable effects of sin, ver. 3, 4; comforts himself with a retrospect of God's mercies of old, ver. 5; and prays, in a variety of expressions, for remission of sin, sanctification, and redemption, ver. 6-12.

thy faithfulness.

31:1; 71:2; 2Sa 7:25; Da 9:16; 1Jo 1:9