Psalm 143:12

Translations

Modern

And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.

Traditional

And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

Literal

And in Your loving devotion, may You cut off my enemies and destroy all afflicting my soul! For I am Your servant.

Latin

…et in misericordia tua disperdes inimicos meos, et perdes omnes qui tribulant animam meam, quoniam ego servus tuus sum.

Original

Hebrew

English

And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.

Notes

Psalms 143:12

The psalm ends with a prayer for God to show that the psalmist is in the right and to restore his life.

Psalms 143:1–12

In this lament, the psalmist feels overwhelmed by constant trouble from his enemies, so he turns to the Lord’s love, righteousness, and faithfulness. He remembers what God has done in the past and longs for God to renew his love. He opens himself to God’s wisdom because he knows that God’s instruction leads to life.

Psalms 138:1–145:21

In this final group of psalms of David, psalms of praise and wisdom (Psalms 138–139, 145) form a frame around five psalms of lament (Psalms 140–144).

Theme notes and profiles

David Spirit Empowerment

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Psalm 54:5
He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.
Psalm 116:16
Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
Psalm 119:94
I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
1 Samuel 24:12–15
May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD take vengeance on you, but my hand will never be against you.
1 Samuel 26:10
David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
Psalm 136:15–20
…but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.
Psalm 55:23
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
1 Samuel 25:29
And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
Psalm 52:5
Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Glossary

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Topics

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