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No Living Person Is Righteous before God
David appeals to God’s faithfulness and righteousness while confessing that no living person can be justified before God. Paul’s language in Galatians 2:16 and Romans 3:20 is widely recognized as drawing on the Greek wording of Psalm 143:2. This makes the verse an important canonical foundation for Paul’s argument about universal inability and justification.
Paul’s statement that no flesh will be justified by works of law strongly resonates with Psalm 143:2, where no living person is justified before God. The close Greek wording and shared courtroom logic make this one of Galatians’ strongest Psalm echoes.
Romans 3:20 strongly reuses Psalm 143:2’s confession that no living person can be justified before God, turning the psalm’s humble plea into part of Paul’s universal indictment of human righteousness before divine judgment.
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