Psalms 143:2
Do not bring your servant to trial, for no living person can be found in the right before you.
Treated in 5 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 20 — Of Prayer cites Psalm 143:2
…not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified,” (Psalm 143:2). In like manner, Isaiah prays, “Behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is…
- The Key Teachings of Martin Luther ·
The Righteousness of God cites PSALM 143:2
…not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. PSALM 143:2 What made it worse was that Paul seemed to say the gospel itself revealed this…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 7 — The Law Given, Not to Retain a People for Itself, but to Keep Alive the Hope of Salvation in Christ Until His Advent cites Psalm 143:2
…Solomon (1 Kings 8:46). David says, “In thy sight shall no man living be justified,” (Psalm 143:2). Job also, in numerous passages, affirms the same thing. But the clearest of all is…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 12 — Necessity of Contemplating the Judgment-seat of God, in Order to Be Seriously Convinced of the Doctrine of Gratuitous Justification cites Ps. 143:2
…not into judgment with thy servant; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified,” (Ps. 143:2). Another, though in a sense somewhat different, says, “How should man be just with God?…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 14 — The Beginning of Justification cites Psalm 143:2
…not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no living be justified,” (Psalm 143:2). And when Job says, “If I be wicked, woe unto me: and if I be righteous, yet will I not…