The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 143:2

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And enter not into judgment with thy servant. The psalmist, having touched the point of abstract justice, shrinks from pressing it. He knows that he is not "righteous before God," and that his life and conduct "cannot endure the severity of God's judgment" (Art.

XII.). He therefore "deprecates a strictly retributive treatment" (Cheyne). For in thy sight shall no man living be justified (comp. Psalms 130:3; and see also Job 4:17-19; Job 9:2; Job 15:14; Job 25:4).

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