Psalms 143 cross-references
Psalms 143 has 12 verses, which point to 168 other passages and are cited by 225. Below is the King James text of each verse with its strongest cross-references, ranked by OpenBible.info reader votes.
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Words characteristic of Psalms 143 in the original text, with the number of verses using each. Select one for a full word study.
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 5
- אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 3
- רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 3
- צְדָקָה tsedaqah “righteousness” 2
- חֶסֶד chesed “kindness” 2
- עָנָה anah “to answer” 2
- חַי chay “alive” 2
- צָמַת tsamat “to destroy” 1
- אַל al “not” 2
- עָטַף ataph “to enfeeble” 1
- מָשַׁל mashal “to use a proverb” 1
- זוּ zu “this” 1
People in Psalms 143
- David 1
Psalms 143:1
[A Psalm of David.] Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
Points to (7)
- Psalms 71:2 — Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. 16 votes
- Psalms 140:6 — I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD. 10 votes
- Psalms 31:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed:… 10 votes
- Daniel 9:16 — O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from… 7 votes
- 1 John 1:9 — If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all… 6 votes
- Psalms 89:1–2 — [Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.] I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make… 3 votes
Pointed to from (13)
- Psalms 31:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed:… 9 votes
- Psalms 71:2 — Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. 6 votes
- Psalms 30:10 — Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. 6 votes
- Psalms 141:1 — [A Psalm of David.] LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. 5 votes
Psalms 143:2
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Points to (12)
- Ecclesiastes 7:20 — For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. 16 votes
- Romans 3:20 — Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the… 11 votes
- Job 25:4 — How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? 11 votes
- Psalms 130:3 — If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 9 votes
- 1 John 1:10 — If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. 8 votes
- Galatians 2:16 — Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have… 7 votes
Pointed to from (32)
- Psalms 14:3 — They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 36 votes
- 1 John 1:8 — If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 18 votes
- Psalms 130:3 — If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 17 votes
- Galatians 2:16 — Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have… 16 votes
Psalms 143:3
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Points to (12)
- Lamentations 3:6 — He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 9 votes
- Psalms 7:5 — Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine… 7 votes
- Psalms 7:1–2 — [Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.] O LORD my God,… 7 votes
- Psalms 142:6 — Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. 6 votes
- Psalms 88:4–6 — I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: 6 votes
- Psalms 17:9–13 — From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. 6 votes
Pointed to from (13)
- Psalms 40:2 — He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and… 8 votes
- Psalms 42:5 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet… 7 votes
- Psalms 31:15 — My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. 6 votes
- Lamentations 3:6 — He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 4 votes
Psalms 143:4
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
Points to (11)
- Psalms 142:3 — When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they… 4 votes
- Psalms 77:3 — I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. 4 votes
- Luke 22:44 — And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling… 3 votes
- Psalms 102:3–4 — For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. 3 votes
- Psalms 55:5 — Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. 3 votes
- Psalms 124:4 — Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: 2 votes
Pointed to from (11)
- Romans 8:26 — Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but… 13 votes
- Psalms 61:2 — From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is… 8 votes
- Psalms 142:3 — When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they… 6 votes
- Psalms 77:3 — I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. 4 votes
Psalms 143:5
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
Points to (9)
- Psalms 77:10–12 — And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. 9 votes
- Psalms 77:5–6 — I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. 8 votes
- Micah 6:5 — O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him… 5 votes
- Psalms 111:4 — He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion. 5 votes
- 1 Samuel 17:45–50 — Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I… 5 votes
- Isaiah 63:7–14 — I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD… 4 votes
Pointed to from (14)
- Psalms 77:11 — I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old. 22 votes
- 1 Timothy 4:15 — Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. 11 votes
- Psalms 111:2 — The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. 8 votes
- Psalms 92:4 — For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. 7 votes
Psalms 143:6
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Points to (9)
- Psalms 63:1 — [A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.] O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee:… 10 votes
- Job 11:13 — If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; 10 votes
- Psalms 88:9 — Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands… 8 votes
- Psalms 84:2 — My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the… 8 votes
- Psalms 42:1–2 — [To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.] As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so… 7 votes
- Psalms 44:20 — If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; 6 votes
Pointed to from (25)
- Psalms 42:1 — [To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.] As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so… 59 votes
- Psalms 63:1 — [A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.] O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee:… 43 votes
- Isaiah 55:1 — Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea,… 27 votes
- Job 11:13 — If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; 9 votes
Psalms 143:7
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Points to (18)
- Psalms 69:17 — And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. 11 votes
- Psalms 28:1 — [A Psalm of David.] Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me,… 8 votes
- Psalms 27:9 — Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not,… 7 votes
- Psalms 71:12 — O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. 5 votes
- Isaiah 38:18 — For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope… 4 votes
- Psalms 102:2 — Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call… 4 votes
Pointed to from (30)
- Psalms 28:1 — [A Psalm of David.] Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me,… 17 votes
- Proverbs 13:12 — Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. 12 votes
- Psalms 70:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.] Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make… 11 votes
- Psalms 40:17 — But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying,… 10 votes
Psalms 143:8
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Points to (20)
- Psalms 25:4–5 — Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. 57 votes
- Proverbs 3:5–6 — Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 46 votes
- Psalms 32:8 — I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. 38 votes
- Isaiah 48:17 — Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to… 35 votes
- Isaiah 30:21 — And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the… 33 votes
- Psalms 46:5 — God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. 31 votes
Pointed to from (32)
- Isaiah 30:21 — And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the… 89 votes
- Psalms 23:3 — He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 50 votes
- Psalms 25:4 — Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. 41 votes
- Isaiah 50:4 — The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him… 25 votes
Psalms 143:9
Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Points to (8)
- Proverbs 18:10 — The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. 8 votes
- Psalms 61:3–4 — For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. 6 votes
- Psalms 142:5 — I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. 4 votes
- Psalms 59:1 — [To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill… 4 votes
- Psalms 56:9 — When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. 3 votes
- Psalms 34:2–4 — My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 3 votes
Pointed to from (9)
- Isaiah 26:20 — Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a… 40 votes
- Psalms 32:7 — Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of… 22 votes
- Psalms 139:10 — Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. 13 votes
- Psalms 64:2 — Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 9 votes
Psalms 143:10
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
Points to (34)
- Psalms 25:4–5 — Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. 56 votes
- John 14:26 — But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all… 31 votes
- Hebrews 13:21 — Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight,… 24 votes
- Psalms 23:3 — He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 21 votes
- Psalms 119:12 — Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. 19 votes
- Nehemiah 9:20 — Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest… 17 votes
Pointed to from (22)
- Psalms 139:24 — And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. 49 votes
- Romans 8:14 — For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 43 votes
- Psalms 143:8 — Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein… 30 votes
- Colossians 1:9 — For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might… 18 votes
Psalms 143:11
Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake: for thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
Points to (19)
- Psalms 31:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed:… 7 votes
- Ephesians 2:4–5 — But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 6 votes
- Psalms 119:25 — My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. 5 votes
- Psalms 71:2 — Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. 5 votes
- Revelation 7:14–17 — And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great… 4 votes
- Psalms 138:7 — Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the… 4 votes
Pointed to from (11)
- Psalms 142:7 — Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt… 12 votes
- Psalms 119:25 — My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. 9 votes
- Psalms 71:2 — Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. 7 votes
- Psalms 109:21 — But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. 6 votes
Psalms 143:12
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
Points to (9)
- Psalms 54:5 — He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth. 7 votes
- Psalms 116:16 — O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. 6 votes
- Psalms 119:94 — I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. 5 votes
- Psalms 136:15–20 — But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever. 3 votes
- Psalms 55:23 — But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live… 3 votes
- Psalms 52:5 — God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place,… 3 votes
Pointed to from (13)
- Psalms 54:5 — He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth. 8 votes
- Psalms 116:16 — O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. 7 votes
- Judges 16:28 — And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray… 7 votes
- Psalms 56:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.]… 4 votes