Psalms 143 in the early church

137 passages quote, allude to, or echo Psalms 143, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

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Psalms 143:1

A Psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 143:1 (142:1 LXX)	PG 12:1661 (Ps 141–142 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Ps 143:1 (142:1 LXX)	Letter to Marcellinus 24 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	uncertain, after 335
Ps 143:1 (142:1 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.1 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Ps 143:1 (142:1 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.3 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Ps 143:1–12 (142:1-Ps LXX)	Psalm 142 · Apollinaris of Laodicea	quotation, high confidence	uncertain (fourth to sixth century)
Ps 143:1–2 (142:1-Ps Vulg.)	Sermon 170.6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Ps 143:1–2 (142:1-Ps Vulg.)	Sermon 170.8 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Ps 143:1–2 (142:1-Ps Vulg.)	Apologetic Book 29.7 · Orosius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 415–416

Psalms 143:2

Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	On Proverbs, fragment 36 · Hippolytus of Rome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 200–235
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	PG 12:1661 (Ps 141–142 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Commentary on John 2.53 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Commentary on John 2.116 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Commentary on John 2.120 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Homilies on Ezekiel 9.3 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s)
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Commentary on Matthew 15.10 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 246–248
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Commentary on Romans 3.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Prayer 2 2 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	uncertain
Ps 143:2	Demonstration 7.14 · Aphrahat	quotation, high confidence	337-345
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Letters 81, 82 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 357–378
Ps 143:2 (142:2 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 118.3.12 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Ps 143:2 (142:2 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.4 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Commentary on Galatians 2.15 · Marius Victorinus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 360–363
Ps 143:2	Commentary on Galatians 2:15–16 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 366–384
Ps 143:2 (142:2 Vulg.)	Question 22, section 1 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Ps 143:2 (142:2 Vulg.)	Question 102, section 21 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Letter 21.40 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Letter 132.13 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Letter 132.15 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Letter 132.20 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Letter 133.2 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Ps 143:2 (142:2 Vulg.)	Book of Rules 3 · Tyconius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380
Ps 143:2 (142:2 Vulg.)	On the Christian Faith 2.13 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 378–380
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Exposition of Psalm 118 16.32.1 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Exposition of Psalm 118 16.33.2 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Exposition of Psalm 118 20.30.1 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Letter 167.13 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Letter 167.15 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Letter 167.20 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Letter 216.4 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.53.2 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 387-397
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 36.72.2 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 36.73.1 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 387-397
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 38.20.2 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
Ps 143:2 (142:2 Vulg.)	Sermon 93.14 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Ps 143:2 (142:2 Vulg.)	Sermon 170.7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Ps 143:2 (142:2 Vulg.)	Letters 19.2 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
Ps 143:2 (142:2 Vulg.)	Letters 29.4 · Paulinus of Nola	quotation, high confidence	ca. 394–413
Ps 143:2 (142:2 Vulg.)	Confessions 9.35 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 397–401
Ps 143:2 (142:2 Vulg.)	On the Trinity 2.17 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 399–419
Ps 143:2 (142:2 Vulg.)	On the Trinity 4.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 399–419
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Canon 115 (Bruns) · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	401–424 (collection of 419)
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Apology against Rufinus 1.22 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 401–402
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins 1.70 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	411–412
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins 2.3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	411–412
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins 2.8 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	411–412
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins 2.14 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	411–412
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins 2.17 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	411–412
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins 2.18 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	411–412
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins 2.21 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	411–412
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins 2.33 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	411–412
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins 3.23 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	411–412
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	On the Spirit and the Letter 3 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	On the Spirit and the Letter 65 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Commentary on Jeremiah 1.30 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 414-419
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Commentary on Jeremiah 3.15 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 414-419
Ps 143:2 (142:2 Vulg.)	Commentary on Jeremiah 4.26 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 414-419
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	On Nature and Grace 49 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	415
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	On Nature and Grace 70 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	415
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	On Man's Perfection in Righteousness 38 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 415
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 4.31 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 420–421
Ps 143:2 (142:2 Vulg.)	Sermon 30 · Peter Chrysologus	quotation, high confidence	ca. 425-450
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Sermon 91 · Peter Chrysologus	quotation, high confidence	ca. 425-450
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	Sermon 123 · Peter Chrysologus	quotation, high confidence	ca. 425-450
Ps 143:2 (142:2 LXX)	The Conferences 9.29 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429
Ps 143:2 (142:2 Vulg.)	The Conferences 23.17 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429

Psalms 143:3

For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 143:3 (142:3 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.4 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Ps 143:3 (142:3 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.5 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Ps 143:3 (142:3 LXX)	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 36.72.3 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397

Psalms 143:4

My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 143:4 (142:4 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.5 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Ps 143:4 (142:4 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.6 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Ps 143:4 (142:4 LXX)	Oration 10.2 · Gregory of Nazianzus	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
Ps 143:4 (142:4 LXX)	Homilies 10.4 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 363-378

Psalms 143:5

I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 143:5 (142:5 LXX)	Oration II Against the Arians 71 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 339–346
Ps 143:5 (142:5 LXX)	Letter 3 · Ammonas	quotation, high confidence	ca. 340-360
Ps 143:5 (142:5 LXX)	Letter 10 · Ammonas	quotation, high confidence	ca. 340-360
Ps 143:5 (142:5 LXX)	Letter 44 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 357–378
Ps 143:5 (142:5 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.6 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Ps 143:5 (142:5 LXX)	Oration 2.41 · Gregory of Nazianzus	quotation, high confidence	ca. 362–383

Psalms 143:6

I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 143:6 (142:6 LXX)	PG 12:1661 (Ps 141–142 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Ps 143:6 (142:6 LXX)	Letter 3 · Ammonas	quotation, high confidence	ca. 340-360
Ps 143:6 (142:6 LXX)	Letter 10 · Ammonas	quotation, high confidence	ca. 340-360
Ps 143:6 (142:6 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.7 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Ps 143:6 (142:6 Vulg.)	On Fleeing the World 29 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 387-391
Ps 143:6 (142:6 Vulg.)	Sermon 131.4 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Ps 143:6 (142:6 Vulg.)	Letters 19.1 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
Ps 143:6 (142:6 Vulg.)	Confessions 13.19 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 397–401

Psalms 143:7

Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 143:7 (142:7 LXX)	PG 12:1661 (Ps 141–142 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Ps 143:7 (142:7 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.8 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Ps 143:7 (142:7 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.9 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Ps 143:7 (142:7 LXX)	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 36.72.3 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397

Psalms 143:8

Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 143:8 (142:8 LXX)	PG 12:1661 (Ps 141–142 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Ps 143:8 (142:8 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.10 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Ps 143:8 (142:8 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.11 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Ps 143:8 (142:8 LXX)	Oration 40.37 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
Ps 143:8 (142:8 Vulg.)	On Fleeing the World 29 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 387-391

Psalms 143:9

Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 143:9 (142:9 LXX)	46 · Anonymous	echo, low confidence	ca. 161–180 or 249–251
Ps 143:9 (142:9 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.11 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Ps 143:9 (142:9 Vulg.)	On Fleeing the World 29 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 387-391

Psalms 143:10

Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 143:10 (142:10 LXX)	PG 12:1663 (Ps 142–143 LXX) · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Ps 143:10 (142:10 LXX)	Commentary on Romans 8.5 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
Ps 143:10 (142:10 LXX)	Catechetical Lecture 16.28 · Cyril of Jerusalem	quotation, high confidence	ca. 350
Ps 143:10 (142:10 LXX)	Catechetical Lecture 17.5 · Cyril of Jerusalem	allusion, high confidence	ca. 350
Ps 143:10 (142:10 LXX)	Letters to Serapion 1.5 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–360
Ps 143:10 (142:10 Vulg.)	On the Holy Spirit 53 · Didymus the Blind	quotation, high confidence	Greek ca. 360-390; Latin 387-391
Ps 143:10 (142:10 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.11 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Ps 143:10 (142:10 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.12 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Ps 143:10 (142:10 LXX)	Homilies 15.2 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 363-378
Ps 143:10 (142:10 LXX)	Ancoratus 72.8 · Epiphanius of Salamis	quotation, high confidence	374
Ps 143:10 (142:10 LXX)	Theological Oration 5 (Or. 31), On the Holy Spirit 29 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, medium confidence	380
Ps 143:10 (142:10 LXX)	To Simplicius on Faith, part 3 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, low confidence	ca. 380–394
Ps 143:10 (142:10 Vulg.)	Chapter 14 · Nicetas, bishop of Remesiana	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380–414
Ps 143:10 (142:10 LXX)	Book of Heresies 109.7 · Philastrius of Brescia	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380s
Ps 143:10 (142:10 LXX)	Letter 94.4 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Ps 143:10 (142:10 Vulg.)	On Fleeing the World 29 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 387-391
Ps 143:10 (142:10 Vulg.)	Letters 28.2 · Paulinus of Nola	quotation, high confidence	ca. 394–413
Ps 143:10 (142:10 Vulg.)	Letters 45.4 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
Ps 143:10 (142:10 LXX)	On Christian Doctrine 4.16 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	Books 1–3 ca. 396–397; completed 426–427
Ps 143:10 (142:10 Vulg.)	Confessions 9.9 · Augustine of Hippo	echo, low confidence	ca. 397–401
Ps 143:10 (142:10 Vulg.)	Confessions 12.43 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 397–401
Ps 143:10 (142:10 Vulg.)	Confessions 13.10 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 397–401
Ps 143:10 (142:10 LXX)	Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 4.2 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 420–421
Ps 143:10 (142:10 LXX)	The Conferences 3.14 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429

Psalms 143:11

For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 143:11 (142:11 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.11 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Ps 143:11 (142:11 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.12 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Ps 143:11 (142:11 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.13 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367

Psalms 143:12

And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ps 143:12 (142:12 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.13 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Ps 143:12 (142:12 Vulg.)	Tractates on the Psalms 142.14 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367