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Psalm 143

Psa. 143:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And of thy mercy
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
cut off
tsamath (Hebrew #6789)
to extirpate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: consume, cut off, destroy, vanish.
Pronounce: tsaw-math'
Origin: a primitive root
mine enemies
'oyeb (Hebrew #341)
active participle of 340; hating; an adversary
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: o-yabe'
Origin: or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}
, and destroy
'abad (Hebrew #6)
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
KJV usage: break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
all them that afflict
tsarar (Hebrew #6887)
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (as follows)
KJV usage: adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.
Pronounce: tsaw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
: for I am thy servant
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
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Mercy,
Servant,
Soul; Spirit

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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of thy mercy.
Psa. 54:5• 5He will requite the evil to my adversaries;{HR}In thy truth cut them off. (Psa. 54:5)
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Psa. 55:23• 23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down to the pit of corruption:{HR}Men of blood and deceit shall not live out half their days.{HR}But for me, I will trust in thee. (Psa. 55:23)
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Psa. 136:15‑20• 15And shook off Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 16To him that led his people in the wilderness;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 17To him that smote great kings;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 18And slew famous kings;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 19(To) Sihon, king of the Amorites;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 20And (to) Og, the king of (the) Bashan;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever; (Psa. 136:15‑20)
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1 Sam. 24:12‑15• 12Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
 13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
 14{i}After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a single flea.{/i}
 15{i}Jehovah therefore shall be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and do me justice in delivering me out of thy hand.{/i} (1 Sam. 24:12‑15)
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1 Sam. 25:29• 29Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul; {i}but{/i} the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God. And the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling{i}. (1 Sam. 25:29)
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1 Sam. 26:10• 10{i}And David said, As Jehovah liveth, Jehovah will surely smite him; either his day shall come to die, or he shall descend into battle and perish.{/i} (1 Sam. 26:10)
for I am thy.
Psa. 116:16• 16Yea, O Jehovah, for I [am] thy servant.{HR}I [am] thy servant, son of thy handmaid:{HR}Thou hast loosed my bonds. (Psa. 116:16)
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Psa. 119:94• 94{i}I{/i} [am] thine: save me,{HR}For thy precepts I have sought. (Psa. 119:94)
• It looks for mercy that it may not be under judgment from God, but that God may be a deliverer, and looks for it as in heart belonging to God and His servant. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 143-145” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And in thy loving-kindness cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that oppress my soul: for I am thy servant.

W. Kelly Translation

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And in thy mercy cut off mine enemies,{HR}And destroy all oppressors of my soul;{HR}For I [am] thy servant.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)