Psalms 143

Psalms 143:1

RIghteousnesse] and equity in righting the oppressed according to the just performance of thy covenant and promises, Psalms 31:1.

Psalms 143:2

Be justified] namely, of himselfe, by his own works of thy grace in the promised redeemer.

Psalms 143:3

My soule] my person, to put it to death [In darknesse] hee seemeth to have a relation to those solitary abodes which he did hide himselfe in, when hee fled from before Saul.

Psalms 143:5

I remember] which I doe, to comfort my selfe by the example of thy former benefits, which, I take as pledges and sureties, for what thou wilt doe hereafter, being thou art invariable in thy grace towards thy children.

Psalms 143:6

I stretch] see concerning this action in praying thus with stretched out armes and pn palmes held up towards heaven, Iohn 1. 13. Psalms 88:9. [Thirsty land] which looketh for raine.

Psalms 143:8

In the morning] it seemeth that David did make these prayers and meditations in the night time, expecting with the day, in which he was to follow the businesses of this life, that God should manifest his grace and relieve him, see Psal. 46. 5. [The way] namley, to live in thine obedience; or, to direct me happily in the affaires of this world.

Psalms 143:10

Into the land] namely, into thy Church where the right and secure way of doctrine and life is, by which one may come unto thee, Isaiah 26:10.

Psalms 143:11

Quicken me] that is to say, deliver me from these mortall dangers, preserve me alive, and restore me.