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Psalms 143:12
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And in your steadfast love you will cut off my enemies, and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul, for I am your servant.
And for thy mercy slay mine enemies, and destroy all them that oppresse my soule: for I am thy seruant.
and in your faithful love destroy my enemies.Wipe out all those who attack me,for I am your servant.
In your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies, And destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant.
Show me your love and defeat my enemies. Destroy those who are trying to kill me because I am your servant.
In your lovingkindness, silence and destroy my enemies And destroy all those who afflict my life, For I am Your servant.
And in thy lovingkindness cut off mine enemies, And destroy all them that afflict my soul; For I am thy servant.
I am your servant. Show how much you love me by destroying my enemies.
In your grace, cut off my enemies; destroy all those harassing me; because I am your servant.
And in Thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that harass my soul; for I am Thy servant.
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soule: for I am thy seruant.
And in thy mercy thou wilt destroy mine enemies, and wilt destroy all those that afflict my soul; for I am thy servant.
And in thy lovingkindness cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul; for I am thy servant.
And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Wipe out all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
And in your loyal love destroy my enemies, and exterminate all the adversaries of my soul, for I am your servant.
And in Your mercy cut off my enemies; and exterminate all those who distress my soul; for I am Your servant.
In your love defeat my enemies. Destroy all those who trouble me, because I am your servant.
As a demonstration of your loyal love, destroy my enemies! Annihilate all who threaten my life, for I am your servant.
In your unfailing love, silence all my enemies and destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.
In Your loving-kindness cut off those who hate me. Destroy all those who make it hard for my soul, for I am Your servant.
And, in thy lovingkindness, wilt thou exterminate my foes, - and destroy all the adversaries of my soul, because, I, am thy servant.
(142-12) And in thy mercy thou wilt destroy my enemies. And thou wilt cut off all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
And by thy mercy silence those who hate me, and destroy all the enemies of my soul; for I am thy servant.
Because of your love for me, kill my enemies and destroy all my oppressors, for I am your servant.
And in Your faithfulness, destroy my enemies, And eliminate all those who attack my soul, For I am Your servant.
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
And of thy goodnesse thou wylt restrayne myne enemies: and destroy all them that be aduersaries to my soule, for I am thy seruaunt.
In your steadfast love cut off my enemies, and destroy all my adversaries, for I am your servant.
And in thy loving-kindness cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that oppress my soul: for I am thy servant.
and in thi merci thou schalt scatere alle myn enemyes. And thou schalt leese alle them, that troublen my soule; for Y am thi seruaunt.
And in Thy kindness cuttest off mine enemies, And hast destroyed all the adversaries of my soul, For I [am] Thy servant!
In your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies, And destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant.
And in thy steadfast love cut off my enemies, and destroy all my adversaries, for I am thy servant.
And in your loving-kindness cut off my enemies, And destroy all those that afflict my soul; For I am your slave.
And of thy mercy cut off my enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I [am] thy servant.
And in your mercy put an end to my haters, and send destruction on all those who are against my soul; for I am your servant.
And of thy goodnesse scater myne enemies abrode, and destroye all them that vexe my soule, for I am thy seruaunt.
And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies And destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am Your servant.
And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my enemiesAnd cause all those who assail my soul to perish,For I am Your slave.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
of thy mercy: Psalms 54:5, Psalms 55:23, Psalms 136:15-20, 1 Samuel 24:12-15, 1 Samuel 25:29, 1 Samuel 26:10
for I am thy: Psalms 116:16, Psalms 119:94
Reciprocal: Judges 16:28 - that I may Psalms 31:1 - deliver Psalms 31:15 - deliver Psalms 36:1 - servant Psalms 55:19 - hear Psalms 56:1 - Be Psalms 59:1 - Deliver Psalms 86:2 - save Psalms 109:21 - But do Isaiah 14:1 - the Lord Acts 27:23 - and Romans 6:22 - become
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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" b; for the sake of it, for the honour of it, do this; those being, as Cocceius thinks, despisers of the grace of God;
and destroy all them that afflict my soul; by their persecutions, reproaches, and blasphemies. These clauses, with those in Psalms 143:11, are read in the future tense, "thou shalt quicken--bring out--cut off--destroy", in the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions; and so may be considered as a prophecy of what would be the case of David and his enemies, or of the Messiah and his, here typified; as well as a prayer for those things;
for I [am] thy servant; by creation, by redemption and grace; and by office, being set upon the throne for the service of God and his people, and therefore pleads for his protection and help; and the rather, as he was the servant of God; and not they, his enemies, as Kimchi observes.
b כחסדך "propter misericordiam tuam", Pagninus; "propter benignitatem tuam", Musculus, Junius Tremellius, Piscator "pergratiam tuam", Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And of thy mercy ... - Thy mercy to me; thy mercy to the world. The destruction of the wicked is a favor to the universe; just as the arrest and punishment of a robber or a pirate is a mercy to society, to mankind; just as every prison is a display of “mercy” as well as of “justice” - mercy to society at large; justice to the offenders.
And destroy all them that afflict my soul - Cut them off; render them powerless to do mischief.
For I am thy servant - Not as a matter of private feeling - not for personal revenge - but because I am in thy service, and it is only by being delivered from these dangers that I can honor thee as I would. It is thine own cause, and I ask that they may be cut off “in order” that the service which I might render thee may be unembarrassed.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 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.
ANALYSIS OF THE HUNDRED AND FORTY-THIRD PSALM
David, being driven from Jerusalem by his son Absalom, wisely calls to mind his sin, as being the cause of it.
This Psalm has four parts: -
I. A prayer for remission of sin, grounded on God's promise, Psalms 143:1; not on his own worthiness, Psalms 143:2.
II. A narration of the sad state of his affairs, Psalms 143:3-4.
III. The comfort he received in his sad condition, and whence, Psalms 143:5-6.
IV. His petition, containing many particulars and reasons, Psalms 143:7-12.
I. He prays for audience: "Hear my prayer, O Lord," c. He does not plainly express the matter he prayed for but it may be gathered from the context that it was for remission of sin.
1. "In thy faithfulness," c. Thou art a faithful God, and hast promised to pardon the penitent. I am a penitent have mercy on me.
2. "And in thy righteousness," c. Which here signifies mercy, loving-kindness.
This sense appears more plainly from the next verse.
1. "And enter not into judgment," c. Call me not to a strict account at the bar of thy justice. This he deprecates so that Justitia in the former verse could not be taken for that justice.
2. "For in thy sight," c. Not I, nor any other man: pardon me, then, for the sake of thy mercy and promise, not my merits.
II. And now he enters upon the narration of his sad condition.
1. "For the enemy hath persecuted," &c. My son Absalom seeks my life: but it was Satan who enticed me to adultery and homicide.
2. "He hath smitten," &c. Humbled me made me a lover of earth, vile in thy sight.
3. "He hath made me to dwell," c. After Satan had entangled me with earthly pleasures, I was in spiritual darkness, and saw not the way of life, any more than those who have been long dead.
The effect this darkness produced was fear and consternation.
1. "Therefore is my spirit," &c. I suffered a kind of swoon in my soul I was ready to faint when I considered thy holiness and my impurity.
2. "My heart within me," c. Far from comfort in heavy trouble.
III. In this sadness of heart and mind, -
1. "I remember the days of old," &c. Thy past kindness to me and to others.
2. "I meditate," &c. I did not slightly run them over, but pondered on them.
And I derived great profit from my meditation for,
1. "I stretch forth my hands," c. I began earnestly to pray to thee.
2. "My soul thirsteth," &c. After thy righteousness, as the dry land wanting water. For as the earth without rain has no consistence, but is pulverized so the soul not moistened with the grace of God falls on the right and left hand into temptation, and brings forth no fruit to God's glory.
IV. The sad case in which David was, upon a sense of God's indignation, makes him seek out a remedy.
1. "Hear me speedily," c. And his reason for this is the sad condition in which he was till God was pacified for his sin.
2. "Hide not thy face," &c. Thy presence, thy favour.
His next petition resembles the former in substance.
1. "Cause me to hear," &c. Thy pardoning mercy out of thy word it is thy Spirit which must work with it to save me.
2. "In the morning," c. Betimes, speedily, quickly, &c.
3. His reason: "For in thee do I trust," &c. I did not let go my hold even in my extremity but still hoped against hope.
His third petition is -
1. "Cause me to know," c. The psalmist. being truly penitent, fears to relapse into his pardoned sin, and prays to God for grace and direction.
2. His reason: "For I lift up my soul," &c. My purpose, to serve thee.
His fourth petition is -
1. "Deliver me, O Lord," &c. From the devil and all his temptations.
2. His reason: "I flee unto thee," &c. From them.
His fifth petition resembles his third.
1. "Teach me to do thy will," &c. Both by an active and passive obedience may I know thy will perfectly in adversity, to submit to it in prosperity, to do it without pride or presumption.
2. His reason: "For thou art my God." Who hast promised me thy help; and from whom all my good proceeds, being and well-being.
His sixth petition: "Thy Spirit is good." Not mine. Let then thy good Spirit instruct and lead me in the right way.
His seventh petition is -
1. "Quicken me, O Lord," c. Restore life justify me fully.
2. "For thy name's sake." Not my merits, but thy mercy, and the glory that will accrue to thy name in pardoning a penitent soul.
3. He goes on: "For thy righteousness' sake," c. Freedom he desires but still at the hands of God's infinite mercy.
His last petition is for the destruction of Satan's kingdom.
1. "Of thy mercy cut off mine enemies," c.
2. His reason: "For I am thy servant," c. A follower one under thy patronage and protection one of thy family honoured with the dignity of being thy servant, and well contented and pleased to perform my duty and service.
