Psalms Chapter 143 verse 2 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 143:2

And enter not into judgment with thy servant; For in thy sight no man living is righteous.
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BBE Psalms 143:2

Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.
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DARBY Psalms 143:2

And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.
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KJV Psalms 143:2

And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
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WBT Psalms 143:2


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WEB Psalms 143:2

Don't enter into judgment with your servant, For in your sight no man living is righteous.
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YLT Psalms 143:2

And enter not into judgment with Thy servant, For no one living is justified before Thee.
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Psalms 143 : 2 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - And enter not into judgment with thy servant. The psalmist, having touched the point of abstract justice, shrinks from pressing it. He knows that he is not "righteous before God," and that his life and conduct "cannot endure the severity of God's judgment" (Art. XII.). He therefore "deprecates a strictly retributive treatment" (Cheyne). For in thy sight shall no man living be justified (comp. Psalm 130:3; and see also Job 4:17-19; Job 9:2; Job 15:14; Job 25:4).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) And enter not.--The Divine justice has just been invoked, and now the appellant suddenly seems to deprecate it. These verses really sum up the apparent paradox of the Book of Job, as also the expressions recall that Book. (See Job 4:17; Job 9:2; Job 9:32; Job 14:3, seq., Job 15:14; Job 22:4, &c) In one breath Job frequently pours forth pathetic protestations of his innocence, and dread lest God should take him at his word and arraign him for trial. Man, in his desire to have his character vindicated before man, appeals to the just Judge, but instantly falls back with a guilty sense that before that tribunal none can stand: . . .