(And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy [a]sight shall none that liveth, be justified.)

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul: he hath smitten my life down to the earth: he hath laid me in the darkness, as they that have been dead [b]long ago:

And my spirit was in perplexity in me, and mine [c]heart within me was amazed.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 143:2 He know that his afflictions were God’s messengers to call him to repentance for his sins, though toward his enemies he was innocent, and that in God’s sight all men are sinners.
  2. Psalm 143:3 He acknowledgeth that God is the only and true physician and heal him: and that he is able to raise him to life, though he were dead long ago, and turned to ashes.
  3. Psalm 143:4 So that only by faith and by the grace of God’s Spirit was he upheld.

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