“Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.”
Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my supplications in your faithfulness; answer me in your righteousness. The triple appeal for divine attention (hear, give ear, answer) emphasizes urgency and the vital necessity of response. The grounding of the appeal in God's faithfulness and righteousness suggests that the petition is not arbitrary but based on God's character and prior commitments. This verse establishes that prayer is not mere human monologue but invocation of God to intervene in accord with divine nature.
Church Fathers on Psalms 143:1
1. ...The title of the Psalm is, “To David himself, when his son was pursuing him.” We know from the Books of Kings 2 Samuel xv that this happened:...but we must recognise here another David, truly “strong in hand,” which is the explanation of David, even our Lord Jesus Christ. For all those events of past time were figures of things to come. Let us seek then in this Psalm our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, announcing Himself beforehand in His prophecy, and foretelling what…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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