- Is there an essential difference between Psalms 143:1-2 and those in Psalms 142?
- Is the enemy mentioned in Psalms 143:3 identified — or is it possibly “death in pursuit”?
- Would Psalms 143:5 indicate that the Psalmist is aged, by his reference to “the days of old”?
- Would Psalms 143:7 indicate that the author is at the threshold of life’s end?
- Who are those “who descend into the pit”?
- While asking to be “saved” in Psalms 143:10, there is another request —which is?
- In Psalms 143:11-12 is the request that God keep the Psalmist alive (“teha’yeni”) and that the soul (nafshi) be freed from distress?
- In, sum, then, who is the enemy, what is asked, and from what does the Psalmist wish to be saved?
