The Bible Commentaries and Others: Psalms 143 v 2

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Posted by Psalms on Saturday, 23 January 2016

Psalms 143:2

And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

143:2. And enter not into judgment with thy servant. He had intreated for audience at the mercy-seat, but he has no wish to appear before the judgment-seat. Though clear before men, he could not claim innocence before God. He knew himself to be the Lord’s servant, yet he did not claim perfection, or plead merit, for even as a servant he was unprofitable.

For in thy sight shall no man living be justified. None can stand before God upon the footing of the law. In this verse David told out the doctrine of universal condemnation by the law long before Paul had taken his pen to write the same truth. To this day it stands true: no man living may dare to present himself for trial before the throne of the great King on the footing of the law. This foolish age has produced specimens of a pride so rank that people have dared to claim perfection in the flesh; but these boasters are no exception to the rule here laid down: they are but human, and poor specimens of humanity. When their lives are examined they are frequently found to be more faulty than the humble penitents before whom they vaunt their superiority.

Excerpt from:

The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)