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.
Psalm 143:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in your faithfulness …
Psalm 143:2 And enter not into judgment with your servant: for in your sight …
Psalm 143:3,4 For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life down …
Psalm 143:5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all your works; I muse …
Psalm 143:6-12 I stretch forth my hands to you: my soul thirsts after you, as a …
thy faithfulness
Psalm 31:1 In you, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver …
Psalm 71:2 Deliver me in your righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline …
2 Samuel 7:25 And now, O LORD God, the word that you have spoken concerning your …
Daniel 9:16 O LORD, according to all your righteousness, I beseech you, let your …
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our …
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
enter not
Psalm 130:3 If you, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
Job 14:3 And does you open your eyes on such an one, and bring me into judgment with you?
in thy sight
Exodus 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression …
Job 4:17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Job 9:2,3 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God…
Job 15:14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, …
Job 25:4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that …
Ecclesiastes 7:20 For there is not a just man on earth, that does good, and sins not.
Romans 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified …
Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but …
1 John 1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word …
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
the enemy
Psalm 7:1,2 O LORD my God, in you do I put my trust: save me from all them that …
Psalm 17:9-13 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about…
Psalm 35:4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: …
Psalm 54:3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after …
Psalm 142:6 Attend to my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; …
smitten
Psalm 7:5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yes, let him tread …
2 Samuel 2:22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn you aside from following me: …
2 Samuel 18:11 And Joab said to the man that told him, And, behold, you saw him, …
made me
Psalm 31:12,13 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel…
Psalm 88:4-6 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that …
Ezekiel 37:11 Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of …
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
is my spirit
Psalm 55:5 Fearfulness and trembling are come on me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
Psalm 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry to you, when my heart is overwhelmed: …
Psalm 77:3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was …
Psalm 102:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to you.
Psalm 124:4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Psalm 142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then you knew my path. …
Job 6:27 Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, and you dig a pit for your friend.
my heart
Psalm 25:16 Turn you to me, and have mercy on me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
Psalm 102:3,4 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth…
Psalm 119:81-83 My soul faints for your salvation: but I hope in your word…
Luke 22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was …
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
remember
Psalm 42:6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember …
Psalm 77:5,6,10-12 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times…
Psalm 111:4 He has made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious …
Deuteronomy 8:2,3 And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you …
1 Samuel 17:34-37,45-50 And David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep, and …
Isaiah 63:7-14 I will mention the loving kindnesses of the LORD, and the praises …
Micah 6:5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and …
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
stretch forth
Psalm 44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands …
Psalm 88:9 My eye mourns by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily …
Job 11:13 If you prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands toward him;
my soul
Psalm 42:1,2 As the hart pants after the water brooks, so pants my soul after you, O God…
Psalm 63:1 O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for …
Psalm 84:2 My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the LORD: my heart …
Isaiah 26:8,9 Yes, in the way of your judgments, O LORD, have we waited for you; …
Isaiah 35:7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land …
John 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, …
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
hear me
Psalm 14:1-4 The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, …
Psalm 40:13,17 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me…
Psalm 70:5 But I am poor and needy: make haste to me, O God: you are my help …
Psalm 71:12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
my spirit
Psalm 40:12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: my iniquities have …
Psalm 69:3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: my eyes fail while I …
Isaiah 57:16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: …
Luke 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things …
hide not
Psalm 22:24 For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; …
Psalm 27:9 Hide not your face far from me; put not your servant away in anger: …
Psalm 69:17 And hide not your face from your servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
Isaiah 8:17 And I will wait on the LORD, that hides his face from the house of …
lest I be like, etc. or, for I am become like, etc.
unto them
Psalm 28:1 To you will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if …
Psalm 88:4-6,10,11 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that …
Isaiah 38:18 For the grave cannot praise you, death can not celebrate you: they …
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
to hear
Psalm 30:5 For his anger endures but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping …
Psalm 42:8 Yet the LORD will command his loving kindness in the day time, and …
Psalm 46:5 God is in the middle of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help …
Psalm 59:16 But I will sing of your power; yes, I will sing aloud of your mercy …
Hosea 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth …
cause me
Psalm 143:10 Teach me to do your will; for you are my God: your spirit is good; …
Psalm 5:8 Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make …
Psalm 25:4,5 Show me your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths…
Psalm 27:11 Teach me your way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies.
Psalm 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go: …
Psalm 119:34,73 Give me understanding, and I shall keep your law; yes, I shall observe …
Proverbs 3:5,6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not to your own understanding…
Isaiah 30:21 And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, …
Isaiah 48:17 Thus said the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the …
for I lift
Psalm 25:1 To you, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
Psalm 86:4 Rejoice the soul of your servant: for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Lamentations 3:41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
teach
Psalm 25:4,5,8,9,12 Show me your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths…
Psalm 119:5-7,12,35 O that my ways were directed to keep your statutes!…
Psalm 139:24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Micah 4:2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the …
Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you: …
Colossians 1:9,10 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease …
1 Thessalonians 4:1,2 Furthermore then we beseech you, brothers, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus…
Hebrews 13:21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you …
1 John 2:27 But the anointing which you have received of him stays in you, and …
for thou art
Psalm 22:1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? why are you so far from …
Psalm 31:14 But I trusted in you, O LORD: I said, You are my God.
Psalm 63:1 O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for …
Psalm 118:28 You are my God, and I will praise you: you are my God, I will exalt you.
Psalm 140:6 I said to the LORD, You are my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
thy spirit
Nehemiah 9:20 You gave also your good spirit to instruct them, and withheld not …
Isaiah 63:14 As a beast goes down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused …
John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will …
John 16:13-15 However, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you …
Romans 5:5 And hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad …
Romans 8:2,14-16,26 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free …
Romans 15:13,30 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, …
Galatians 5:22,23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, …
Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby you are sealed to …
Ephesians 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of …
the land
Isaiah 29:10 For the LORD has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and …
Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
quicken
Psalm 85:6 Will you not revive us again: that your people may rejoice in you?
Psalm 119:25,37,40,88,107 My soul sticks to the dust: quicken you me according to your word…
Psalm 138:7 Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me: you shall …
Habakkuk 3:2 O LORD, I have heard your speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive …
Ephesians 2:4,5 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us…
for thy righteousness
Psalm 143:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in your faithfulness …
Psalm 9:7,8 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment…
Psalm 31:1 In you, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver …
Psalm 71:2 Deliver me in your righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline …
bring
Psalm 25:17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring you me out of my distresses.
Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivers …
Psalm 37:39,40 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength …
Psalm 91:15,16 He shall call on me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in …
Revelation 7:14-17 And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are they …
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
