Psalms 143 · Verse 7

Psalms 143:7

Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Psalms 143:7, King James Version

Psalms 143:7 in other translations

BSBAnswer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
WEBHurry to answer me, LORD. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.
ASVMake haste to answer me, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.
YLTHaste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down to the pit.
DARBYAnswer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, or I shall be like unto them that go down into the pit.
BBEBe quick in answering me, O Lord, for the strength of my spirit is gone: let me see your face, so that I may not be like those who go down into the underworld.
WebsterHear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like them that go down into the pit.

What does Psalms 143:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. spirit faileth--is exhausted.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Hear me speedily - מהר maher, make haste to answer me. A few hours, and my state may be irretrievable. In a short time my unnatural son may put an end to my life.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 143:7-12
David prays that God would be well pleased with him, and let him know that he was so. He pleads the wretchedness of his case, if God withdrew from him. But the night of distress and discouragement shall end in a morning of consolation and praise. He prays that he might be enlightened with the knowledge of God's will; and this is the first work of the Spirit. A good man does not ask the way in which is the most pleasant walking, but what is the right way. Not only show me what thy will is, but teach me how to do it. Those who have the Lord for their God, have his Spirit for their Guide; they are led by the Spirit. He prays that he might be enlivened to do God's will. But we should especially seek the destruction of our sins, our worst enemies, that we may be devotedly God's servants.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 143:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מַ֘הֵ֤רma.HerhurryH4116
עֲנֵ֨נִי\׀'a.Ne.nianswer meH6030
יְהוָה֮Yah.wehO YahwehH3068
כָּלְתָ֪הkal.Tahit is exhaustedH3615
ר֫וּחִ֥יru.Chispirit myH7307
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תַּסְתֵּ֣רtas.Teryou hideH5641
פָּנֶ֣יךָpa.Nei.khaface yourH6440
מִמֶּ֑נִּיmi.Me.nifrom meH4480
וְ֝נִמְשַׁ֗לְתִּיve.nim.Shal.tiand I will be equalH4911
עִם\־'im-withH5973
יֹ֥רְדֵיYo.re.dei[those who] go down ofH3381
בֽוֹר\׃Vor[the] pitH953

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 143:7

  • Psalms 69:17

    And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

  • Psalms 28:1

    A Psalm of David. Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

  • Psalms 27:9

    Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

  • Psalms 71:12

    O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

  • Isaiah 38:18

    For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

  • Psalms 102:2

    Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.

  • Psalms 69:3

    I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

  • Psalms 70:5

    But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying.

  • Psalms 88:4-6

    I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

  • Isaiah 8:17

    And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

  • Psalms 88:10-11

    Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

  • Psalms 22:24

    For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hear me.
13:1-4; 40:13,17; 70:5; 71:12
my spirit.
40:12; 69:3; Isa 57:16; Lu 21:26
hide not.
22:24; 27:9; 69:17; Isa 8:17
lest I be like, etc. or, for I am become like, etc. untothem.
28:1; 88:4-6,10,11; Isa 38:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 143:6

    I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

  • Psalms 143:7

    Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

  • Psalms 143:8

    Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

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Psalms 143:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Respóndeme presto, oh Jehová que desmaya mi espíritu: no escondas de mí tu rostro, y venga yo á ser semejante á los que descienden á la sepultura.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Éternel! hâte-toi, réponds-moi! mon esprit défaille en moi. Ne me cache pas ta face! autrement je serai semblable à ceux qui descendent dans la fosse.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Eilends erhöre mich, Jehova! es verschmachtet mein Geist. Verbirg dein Angesicht nicht vor mir! sonst werde ich denen gleich sein, die zur Grube hinabfahren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Emitte manum tuam de alto: eripe me, et libera me de aquis multis, de manu filiorum alienorum: