Psalms 143:11
in Psalms 143For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Quicken me, O Jehovah, for thy name’s sake: In thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
KJV
Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name’s sake: for thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
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This verse in Psalms 143
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Quicken me, O Lord - Give me life. Compare the notes at Eph 2:1. Make me equal to my circumstances, for I am ready to sink and to yield. For thy name’s sake - For thine honor. Compare the notes at Dan 9:17-18. It is in thy cause. Thou wilt thus show thy power, thy faithfulness, thy goodness. Thou wilt thus get honor to thyself. This is the highest motive which can influence us - that God may be glorified. For thy righteousness’ sake - Thy justice; thy truth; thy faithfulness in performing thy promises and pledges.
This site's exposition
For the sake of Your name
on Psalms 143:11-12
The two grounds named are God's own name and His righteousness, and the verb rendered revive is the one for keeping a man alive. Verse 12 asks God to cut off the enemies, to destroy all who afflict the psalmist. Spurgeon read those words as a declaration of the event.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
Listen, then, with all your power, to the commendation of Grace, whereby ye are saved without price. "For Thy Name's sake, O Lord, Thou shalt quicken me in Thy righteousness" (ver. 11); not in mine own: not because I have deserved, but because Thou hast mercy. For were I to show mine own desert, nought should I deserve of Thee, save punishment. Thou hast pruned off from me mine own merits; Thou hast grafted in Thine own gifts. "Thou shalt bring forth my soul out of tribulation." "And in thy mercy shalt bring mine enemies to destruction: and thou shalt destroy all them that afflict my soul; for I am Thy servant" (ver. 12).
Listen, then, with all your power, to the commendation of Grace, whereby ye are saved without price. "For Thy Name's sake, O Lord, Thou shalt quicken me in Thy righteousness" (ver. 11); not in mine own: not because I have deserved, but because Thou hast mercy. For were I to show mine own desert, nought should I deserve of Thee, save punishment. Thou hast pruned off from me mine own merits; Thou hast grafted in Thine own gifts. "Thou shalt bring forth my soul out of tribulation." "And in thy mercy shalt bring mine enemies to destruction: and thou shalt destroy all them that afflict my soul; for I am Thy servant" (ver. 12).
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): " For thy righteousness-sake, bring my soul out of trouble, for thy promise-sake, nay, for thy mercy-sake" (for some by righteousness understand kindness and goodness ); "do not only deliver me from my outward trouble, but from the trouble of my soul, the trouble that threatens to overwhelm my spirit.
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Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Quicken me - I am as a dead man, and my hopes are almost dead within me.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְמַֽעַן־ | lemaan- | for [the] sake of | H4616 → | 272 times |
| שִׁמְךָ֣ | shimkha | name your | H8034 → | 864 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| תְּחַיֵּ֑נִי | techaiyeni | you will preserve alive me | H2421 → | 282 times |
| בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֓׀ | betzidkatecha | in righteousness your | H6666 → | 157 times |
| תוֹצִ֖יא | totzi' | you will bring out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מִצָּרָ֣ה | mitzarah | from trouble | H6869 → | 73 times |
| נַפְשִֽׁי׃ | nafshi | life my | H5315 → | 754 times |
לְמַֽעַן־for [the] sake of
lemaan-H4616 →272 times
שִׁמְךָ֣name your
shimkhaH8034 →864 times
יְהוָ֣הO Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
תְּחַיֵּ֑נִיyou will preserve alive me
techaiyeniH2421 →282 times
בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֓׀in righteousness your
betzidkatechaH6666 →157 times
תוֹצִ֖יאyou will bring out
totzi'H3318 →1067 times
מִצָּרָ֣הfrom trouble
mitzarahH6869 →73 times
נַפְשִֽׁי׃life my
nafshiH5315 →754 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 31:1In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.
it leads to
- Romans 10:11
It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- Psalms 25:2
in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
- Psalms 71:1–3
In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.
- Psalms 22:4–5
In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
- Romans 10:11
Through
Psalms 119:25My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 30:6
The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
- Psalms 119:159
Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
- Psalms 71:20
Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
- Deuteronomy 30:6
Through
Psalms 71:2In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.
it leads to
- Psalms 31:1
In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.
- Psalms 31:1
Where this verse is studied
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About Psalms
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 143; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.