Charles H. Spurgeon on Psalms 143:2

1. Who he is. "Thy servant."

2. What he knows. "In thy sight shall no man living be justified."

3. What he asks. "Enter not into judgment."

Verses 3-6. Consider,

1. The great lengths God may sometimes permit the enemy to go, Ps 143:3. The case of Job a good illustration.

2. The deep depression of spirit he may even permit his saints to experience, Ps 143:4.

3. The good things he has provided for their meditation when even at their worst, Ps 143:5.

4. The two things his grace will never suffer to die, whose existence is a pledge of near approaching joy, — a) The thirsting after himself. b) The practice of prayer. The whole is a good text for a lecture on the life and experience of Job. —J. F.

Verses 4-6.

1. Down in Despondency.

2. Deep in Meditation.

3. Determined in Supplication.

Verses 5-6. I muse on the work of thy hands. I stretch forth my hands unto thee. Hand in hand: or the child of God admiring the work of God's hands, and praying with uplifted hands to be wrought upon by the like power.