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Selected Verse: Psalms 143:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 143:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And enter [0935] not into judgment [04941] with thy servant [05650]: for in thy sight [06440] shall no man living [02416] be justified [06663]. |
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King James |
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
enter . . . judgment--deal not in strict justice.
shall no . . . justified--or, "is no man justified," or "innocent" (Job 14:3; Rom 3:20). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And enter not into judgment with thy servant - Do not deal with me on the ground of justice as toward "thee;" do not mark my own offences against thee, when I plead that justice may be done as between me and my fellow-men. While I plead that thou wouldst judge righteously between me and them, I am conscious that I could not claim thy needed interposition on the ground of any righteousness toward thee. There I must confess that I am a sinner; there I can rely only on mercy; there I could not hope to be justified.
For in thy sight - As before thee; in thy presence; by thee.
Shall no man living - No one of the race, no matter what his rank, his outward conduct, his gentleness, his amiableness, his kindness; no matter how just and upright he may be toward his fellow-men.
Be justified - Be regarded as righteous; be acquitted from blame; be held to be innocent. The meaning is, "I do not come before thee and plead for thy favor on the ground of any claim on thee, for I am conscious that I am a sinner, and that my only hope is in thy mercy." See the notes at Rom 3:20. Compare Job 4:17; Job 9:2, Job 9:20; Job 15:14-16; Job 25:4-6. This is a great and momentous truth in regard to man; it is the foundation of the necessity for a plan of salvation through an atonement - for some way in which man "may" properly be regarded and treated as righteous. Assuredly every man, conscious of what he is in himself, may and should fervently pray that God "would" not enter into judgment with him; that he would not mark his offences; that he would not judge him as strict justice would demand. Our hope is in the "mercy," not in the "justice" of God. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Justified - Upon terms of strict justice. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Enter not into judgment - אל תבוא al tabo. Do not come into court, either as a Witness against me, or as a Judge, else I am ruined; for thou hast seen all my ways that they are evil, and thy justice requires thee to punish me. Nor can any soul that has ever lived be justified in the sight of thy justice and righteousness. Had I my desert from thee, I should have worse than even my unnatural son intends me. O what a relief is Jesus crucified to a soul in such circumstances! |
20 Therefore [1360] by [1537] the deeds [2041] of the law [3551] there shall [1344] no [3956] [3756] flesh [4561] be justified [1344] in his [846] sight [1799]: for [1063] by [1223] the law [3551] is the knowledge [1922] of sin [266].
3 And dost thou open [06491] thine eyes [05869] upon such an one [02088], and bringest [0935] me into judgment [04941] with thee?
4 How then can man [0582] be justified [06663] with God [0410]? or how can he be clean [02135] that is born [03205] of a woman [0802]?
5 Behold even to the moon [03394], and it shineth [0166] not; yea, the stars [03556] are not pure [02141] in his sight [05869].
6 How much less man [0582], that is a worm [07415]? and the son [01121] of man [0120], which is a worm [08438]?
14 What is man [0582], that he should be clean [02135]? and he which is born [03205] of a woman [0802], that he should be righteous [06663]?
15 Behold, he putteth no trust [0539] in his saints [06918]; yea, the heavens [08064] are not clean [02141] in his sight [05869].
16 How much more abominable [08581] and filthy [0444] is man [0376], which drinketh [08354] iniquity [05766] [05766] like water [04325]?
20 If I justify [06663] myself, mine own mouth [06310] shall condemn [07561] me: if I say, I am perfect [08535], it shall also prove me perverse [06140].
2 I know [03045] it is so of a truth [0551]: but how should man [0582] be just [06663] with God [0410]?
17 Shall mortal man [0582] be more just [06663] than God [0433]? shall a man [01397] be more pure [02891] than his maker [06213]?
20 Therefore [1360] by [1537] the deeds [2041] of the law [3551] there shall [1344] no [3956] [3756] flesh [4561] be justified [1344] in his [846] sight [1799]: for [1063] by [1223] the law [3551] is the knowledge [1922] of sin [266].