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Psalm 143

Psa. 143:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And of thy mercy
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
cut off
tsamath (Hebrew #6789)
to extirpate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: consume, cut off, destroy, vanish.
Pronounce: tsaw-math'
Origin: a primitive root
mine enemies
'oyeb (Hebrew #341)
active participle of 340; hating; an adversary
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: o-yabe'
Origin: or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}
, and destroy
'abad (Hebrew #6)
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
KJV usage: break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
all them that afflict
tsarar (Hebrew #6887)
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (as follows)
KJV usage: adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.
Pronounce: tsaw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
: for I am thy servant
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
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of thy mercy.
Psa. 54:5• 5He will requite evil to mine enemies: in thy truth cut them off. (Psa. 54:5)
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Psa. 55:23• 23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee. (Psa. 55:23)
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Psa. 136:15‑20• 15And overturned Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
16To him that led his people through the wilderness, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
17To him that smote great kings, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
18And slew famous kings, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
19Sihon king of the Amorites, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
20And Og king of Bashan, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
(Psa. 136:15‑20)
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1 Sam. 24:12‑15• 12Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee; but my hand shall not be upon thee.
13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked; but my hand shall not be upon thee.
14After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a single flea.
15Jehovah therefore shall be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and do me justice in delivering me out of thy hand.
(1 Sam. 24:12‑15)
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1 Sam. 25:29• 29And if a man is risen up to pursue thee and to seek thy life, the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out from the hollow of the sling. (1 Sam. 25:29)
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1 Sam. 26:10• 10And David said, As Jehovah liveth, Jehovah will surely smite him; either his day shall come to die, or he shall descend into battle and perish. (1 Sam. 26:10)
for I am thy.
 It looks for mercy that it may not be under judgment from God, but that God may be a deliverer, and looks for it as in heart belonging to God and His servant. (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 143-145 by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And in thy loving-kindness cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that oppress my soul: for I am thy servant.