Psalms 143:2

“And enter not into judgment with thy servant, etc.] The house of judgment, as the Targum, or court of judicature; God is a Judge, and there is and will be a judgment, universal, righteous, and eternal; and there is a day fixed for it, and a judgment seat before which all must stand, and a law according to which all must be judged; but the psalmist knew he was but a man, and could not contend with God; and a sinful creature, and could not answer him for one of a thousand faults committed by him; and though his servant, yet an unprofitable one; his nature, his heart, his thoughts, words, and actions, would not bear examining, nor stand the test of the holy law of God; nor was he able to answer…”

“And enter not into judgment with thy servant - Do not deal with me on the ground of justice as toward “thee;” do not mark my own offences against thee, when I plead that justice may be done as between me and my fellow-men. While I plead that thou wouldst judge righteously between me and them, I am conscious that I could not claim thy needed interposition on the ground of any righteousness toward thee. There I must confess that I am a sinner; there I can rely only on mercy; there I could not hope to be justified. For in thy sight - As before thee; in thy presence; by thee. Shall no man living - No one of the race, no matter what his rank, his outward conduct, his gentleness, his amiableness,…”

“Justified - Upon terms of strict justice. Psalms 143:3”

“143:2 All people are guilty before God (Rom 3:20-24).”

“enter not: Psa 130:3; Job 14:3 in thy sight: Exo 34:7; Job 4:17, Job 9:2, Job 9:3, Job 15:14, Job 25:4; Ecc 7:20; Rom 3:20; Gal 2:16; Jo1 1:10 Psalms 143:3”