Salmos 143:7

La Biblia Reina-Valera

Parallel Translations

La Biblia de las Americas
Respóndeme pronto, oh Señor , porque mi espíritu desfallece; no escondas de mí tu rostro, para que no llegue yo a ser como los que descienden a la sepultura.

La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez
Resp�ndeme pronto, oh Jehov� porque mi esp�ritu desfallece; no escondas de m� tu rostro, no venga yo a ser semejante a los que descienden a la fosa.

Sagradas Escrituras (1569)
Resp�ndeme pronto, oh SE�OR que desmaya mi esp�ritu; no escondas de m� tu rostro, y venga yo a ser semejante a los que descienden a la sepultura.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hear me: Psalms 13:1-4, Psalms 40:13, Psalms 40:17, Psalms 70:5, Psalms 71:12

my spirit: Psalms 40:12, Psalms 69:3, Isaiah 57:16, Luke 21:26

hide not: Psalms 22:24, Psalms 27:9, Psalms 69:17, Isaiah 8:17

lest I be like: etc. or, for I am become like, etc

unto them: Psalms 28:1, Psalms 88:4-6, Psalms 88:10, Psalms 88:11, Isaiah 38:18

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:14 - from thy Numbers 16:33 - into the 2 Chronicles 9:4 - there was Job 6:4 - drinketh up Job 17:16 - the bars of the pit Job 34:29 - when he hideth Psalms 30:7 - thou Psalms 30:10 - Hear Psalms 31:2 - deliver Psalms 42:1 - so panteth Psalms 54:2 - General Psalms 55:1 - hide Psalms 63:8 - followeth Psalms 70:1 - O God Psalms 101:2 - O when Psalms 102:1 - Hear Psalms 102:2 - Hide Psalms 119:123 - General Psalms 141:1 - make haste Psalms 142:6 - for I am Proverbs 1:12 - whole Proverbs 13:12 - Hope Isaiah 38:14 - I am Lamentations 3:6 - in dark Jonah 2:6 - corruption Luke 18:8 - he will Luke 22:44 - being

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth,.... Ready to sink, swoon, and faint away, through the weight of the affliction on him, by reason of the persecution of his enemy, and for want of the divine Presence; hence the Targum renders it,

"my spirit desireth thee;''

see Song of Solomon 5:6; and therefore entreats that God would hear and answer him quickly; or, "make haste to answer" him, and not delay, lest he should be quite gone. Wherefore it follows,

hide not thy face from me; nothing is more desirable to a good man than the "face" or presence of God, the light of his countenance, and sensible communion with him; which may be said to be "hid" when he withdraws his gracious presence, and withholds the discoveries of his love, and the manifestations of his free grace and favour; which he sometimes does on account of sin, and is the case at times of the best of saints; and is consistent with the love of God, though very grieving to them, and therefore here deprecated: the Targum is,

"cause not thy Shechinah to remove from me;''

lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit; either the house of the grave, as the Targum; look wan and pale, become lifeless and spiritless, or like a dead man; for as in the favour of God is life, his absence is as death: or the pit of hell, the pit of destruction; that is, be in such horror and despair, and under such apprehensions of divine wrath, as the damned feel.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

“Hear me speedily, O Lord.” Hasten to hear me; do not delay. Literally, “Hasten; answer me.” I am in imminent danger. Do not delay to come to my relief.

My spirit faileth - My strength is declining. I can hold out no longer. I am ready to give up and die.

Hide not thy face from me - Do not refuse or delay to look favorably upon me; to lift up the light of thy countenance upon me.

Lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit - Margin, “For I am become like.” The idea is, Unless thou shalt lift up the light of thy countenance - unless thou shalt interpose and help me, I shall die. The “pit” here refers to the grave. See the notes at Psalms 28:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 143:7. Hear me speedily — מהר maher, make haste to answer me. A few hours, and my state may be irretrievable. In a short time my unnatural son may put an end to my life.