Psalm 143

Beginning of Psalm 143 with the depiction of King David praying in the Duke of Berry's book of hours

The 143rd Psalm (according to Greek counting the 142nd) is a psalm of David from the fifth book of the Psalter . He is counted as the seventh and last in the group of the so-called penitential psalms .

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Psalm 143 is the prayer of a person who is besieged by enemies and who turns to God in danger of death. He appeals to God's faithfulness and justice and keeps in mind how God saved his people in earlier times . In addition to the encouragement of God's grace, the person who prays also longs for direction for his life.

reception

In the Catholic Liturgy of the Hours , Psalm 143 is part of Compline (night prayer) on Tuesday.

Based on the psalm, Cornelius Becker created the version of the Becker psalter, Herr, mein prayer hear in grace , which was set to music by Heinrich Schütz ( SWV 248 ).

Web links

Commons : Psalm 143  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Psalm 143 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
• Psalm 143 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
• Sheet music in the public domain for settings of Psalm 143 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stuttgart Explanatory Bible. 2nd Edition. German Bible Society , Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-438-01121-2 , p. 771