Berean Standard Bible

“Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.”

Psalms 143:2

Study note

Psalm 143 is one of the traditional penitential psalms, a prayer of David in distress with an enemy pursuing him. He begins by asking God to hear him on the basis of God's faithfulness and righteousness.

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Romans 3:20Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
Galatians 2:16know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Psalms 130:3If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.

World English Bible (WEB)

Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.

King James Version (KJV)

And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And enter not into judgment with thy servant; For in thy sight no man living is righteous.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y no entres en juicio con tu siervo; porque no se justificará delante de ti ningún viviente.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

¡No me sometas a juicio! Porque, comparado contigo, nadie es perfecto.

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Psalms 143:2

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