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Psalms 143:2
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Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.
(And enter not into iudgement with thy seruant: for in thy sight shall none that liueth, be iustified)
Do not bring your servant into judgment,for no one alive is righteous in your sight.
Don't enter into judgment with your servant, For in your sight no man living is righteous.
Don't judge me, your servant. No one alive could be judged innocent by your standards.
And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.
And enter not into judgment with thy servant; For in thy sight no man living is righteous.
I am your servant. Don't try me in your court, because no one is innocent by your standards.
Don't bring your servant to trial, since in your sight no one alive would be considered righteous.
And enter not into judgment with Thy servant;
And enter not into iudgement with thy seruant: for in thy sight shall no man liuing be iustified.
And enter not into judgment with thy servant, for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
And do not enter into judgment with your servant, because no one alive is righteous before you.
and do not enter into judgment with Your servant; for not anyone living is just in Your sight.
Don't judge me, your servant, because no one alive is right before you.
Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.
Don't put your servant on trial, for no one is innocent before you.
Do not find Your servant guilty, for no man living is right and good in Your eyes.
Do not then enter into judgment with thy servant, for no one living, can appear just before thee.
(142-2) And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.
And do not let thy servant be brought to judgment; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Don't put me, your servant, on trial; no one is innocent in your sight.
And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For no person living is righteous in Your sight.
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt: for in thy syght no man lyuyng can be iustified.
Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.
And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.
And entre thou not in to dom with thi seruaunt; for ech man lyuynge schal not be maad iust in thi siyt.
And enter not into judgment with Thy servant, For no one living is justified before Thee.
Don't enter into judgment with your servant, For in your sight no man living is righteous.
Enter not into judgment with thy servant; for no man living is righteous before thee.
And don't enter into judgment with your slave; For in your sight no man living is righteous.
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.
And entre not in to iudgment with thy seruaunt, for in thy sight shal no man lyuynge be iustified.
And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no man living is righteous.
And do not enter into judgment with Your slave,For no one living is righteous in Your sight.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
enter not: Psalms 130:3, Job 14:3
in thy sight: Exodus 34:7, Job 4:17, Job 9:2, Job 9:3, Job 15:14, Job 25:4, Ecclesiastes 7:20, Romans 3:20, Galatians 2:16, 1 John 1:10
Reciprocal: Numbers 11:11 - wherefore have 1 Kings 8:46 - there is no man 2 Chronicles 6:36 - for there is no man Ezra 9:15 - we cannot Nehemiah 13:22 - spare me Job 9:20 - justify Job 9:32 - we should Job 10:2 - Do not Job 22:4 - will he enter Job 31:14 - What then Psalms 4:1 - have mercy upon me Psalms 27:7 - General Psalms 36:10 - and thy Isaiah 3:14 - enter Jeremiah 49:19 - appoint me the time Luke 15:21 - against Luke 18:14 - justified Acts 13:39 - from which Romans 2:13 - justified 1 Corinthians 4:4 - yet Galatians 3:11 - that Galatians 3:22 - concluded Philippians 3:9 - not Titus 3:5 - by works James 2:21 - justified 1 John 1:8 - say
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And enter not into judgment with thy servant,.... The house of judgment, as the Targum, or court of judicature; God is a Judge, and there is and will be a judgment, universal, righteous, and eternal; and there is a day fixed for it, and a judgment seat before which all must stand, and a law according to which all must be judged; but the psalmist knew he was but a man, and could not contend with God; and a sinful creature, and could not answer him for one of a thousand faults committed by him; and though his servant, yet an unprofitable one; his nature, his heart, his thoughts, words, and actions, would not bear examining, nor stand the test of the holy law of God; nor was he able to answer the demands of divine justice in his own person; and therefore pleads for pardon and acceptance through Christ and his righteousness, and entreats that God would not proceed against him in a judicial way, now nor hereafter;
for in thy sight shall no man living be justified; in a legal sense, so as to be acquitted in open court, and not condemned; that is, by the deeds of the law, as the apostle explains it, Romans 3:20; by obedience to it, by a man's own works of righteousness; because these are imperfect, are opposed to the grace of God, and would disannul the death of Christ, and encourage boasting; and much less in the sight of God; for, however men may be justified hereby in their own sight, and before men, in their esteem and account, yet not before God, the omniscient God; who sees not as man sees, and judges not according to the outward appearance, and is perfectly holy and strictly just; and none but the righteousness of Christ can make men righteous, or justify them before him; and this can and does, and presents men unblamable and irreprovable in his sight.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And enter not into judgment with thy servant - Do not deal with me on the ground of justice as toward “thee;” do not mark my own offences against thee, when I plead that justice may be done as between me and my fellow-men. While I plead that thou wouldst judge righteously between me and them, I am conscious that I could not claim thy needed interposition on the ground of any righteousness toward thee. There I must confess that I am a sinner; there I can rely only on mercy; there I could not hope to be justified.
For in thy sight - As before thee; in thy presence; by thee.
Shall no man living - No one of the race, no matter what his rank, his outward conduct, his gentleness, his amiableness, his kindness; no matter how just and upright he may be toward his fellow-men.
Be justified - Be regarded as righteous; be acquitted from blame; be held to be innocent. The meaning is, “I do not come before thee and plead for thy favor on the ground of any claim on thee, for I am conscious that I am a sinner, and that my only hope is in thy mercy.” See the notes at Romans 3:20. Compare Job 4:17; Job 9:2, Job 9:20; Job 15:14-16; Job 25:4-6. This is a great and momentous truth in regard to man; it is the foundation of the necessity for a plan of salvation through an atonement - for some way in which man “may” properly be regarded and treated as righteous. Assuredly every man, conscious of what he is in himself, may and should fervently pray that God “would” not enter into judgment with him; that he would not mark his offences; that he would not judge him as strict justice would demand. Our hope is in the “mercy,” not in the “justice” of God.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 143:2. Enter not into judgment — אל תבוא al tabo. Do not come into court, either as a Witness against me, or as a Judge, else I am ruined; for thou hast seen all my ways that they are evil, and thy justice requires thee to punish me. Nor can any soul that has ever lived be justified in the sight of thy justice and righteousness. Had I my desert from thee, I should have worse than even my unnatural son intends me. O what a relief is Jesus crucified to a soul in such circumstances!
