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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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section: 152 of 159
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 152. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/152/"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 152. Psalm 143

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[¶0] A Psalm of David

[¶1] 1 O Jehovah! hear my prayer; Give ear to my supplication; In thy truth answer me, in thy righteousness.

[¶2] 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant, For there shall not be justified in thy sight any living man.

[¶3] 3 For persecuted hath the enemy my soul; He hath prostrated on the earth my life; He hath set me in dark places, as the dead of an age.

[¶4] 4 And perplexed within me is my spirit Within me astonished is my heart.

[¶5] 5 I remembered the days of old, I meditated on all thy doings; Upon the work of thy hands I meditated.

[¶6] 6 I spread out my hearts to thee; My soul, as the earth without water, is to thee. Selah.

[¶7] 7 Hasten, answer me, O Jehovah! Fail doth my spirit: Hide not thy face from me, Because I shall be like to those who descend into the pit.

[¶8] 8 Cause me to hear in the morning thy mercy, For in thee have I hoped: Show me the way in which I may walk, For to thee have I lifted up my soul.

[¶9] 9 Deliver me from my enemies, O Jehovah! With thee have I hidden [myself.]

[¶10] 10 Teach me to do thy will, For thou art my God: Let thy good Spirit lead me into the right land.

[¶11] 11 Because of thy name, O Jehovah I thou wilt quicken me: In thy righteousness bring out of trouble my soul.

[¶12] 12 And in thy mercy thou wilt scatter my enemies, And wilt destroy all those who afflict my soul; Because I am thy servant.