Psalms 43:1
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Psalms 43:1 in other translations
| BSB | Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men. |
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| WEB | Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men. |
| ASV | Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. |
| YLT | Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me, |
| DARBY | Judge me, OGod, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; deliver me from the deceitful and unrighteous man. |
| BBE | Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man. |
| Webster | Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. |
What does Psalms 43:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Psa 43:1-5. Excepting the recurrence of the refrain, there is no good reason to suppose this a part of the preceding, though the scope is the same. It has always been placed separate.
1. Judge--or, "vindicate" (Psa 10:18). plead, &c.--(Psa 35:1). ungodly--neither in character or condition objects of God's favor (compare Psa 4:3).Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
The psalmist begs God to take his part against his enemies, Psa 43:1, Psa 43:2; to send his light and truth to guide him to the tabernacle, Psa 43:3; promises, if brought thither, to be faithful in the Divine service, Psa 43:4; chides himself for despondency, and takes courage, Psa 43:5. There is no title to this Psalm in the Hebrew, nor in the Chaldee. The Syriac says it was composed "by David when Jonathan told him that Saul intended to slay him." The Arabic says of this, as of the preceding, that it is a prayer for the backsliding Jews. It is most evidently on the same subject with the forty-second Psalm, had the same author or authors, and contains the remaining part of the complaint of the captive Jews in Babylon. It is written as a part of the forty-second Psalm in forty-six of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. Verse 1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause - ריבה ריבי ribah ribi, a forensic term, properly enough translated, plead my cause, be my counsellor and advocate. Ungodly nation - The Babylonians; the impious, perfidious, wicked, and deceitful Babylonians. The deceitful and unjust man - Nebuchadnezzar.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Psalms 43:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 43:1
- Psalms 35:1
A Psalm of David. Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
- Psalms 26:1
A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide.
- Psalms 7:8
The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
- 1 Samuel 24:15
The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
- Psalms 35:24
Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
- Psalms 71:4
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
- Psalms 5:6
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
- Micah 7:9
I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
- 1 Peter 2:23
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
- 2 Samuel 16:20-17:4
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong. So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel. And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. …
- Proverbs 23:11
For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
- Proverbs 22:23
For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
5 He encourages his soul to trust in God.
A.M. 2983. B.C. 1021. (Title.)This Psalm is evidently a continuation of the preceding, and had the same author; and they are written as one in forty-six MSS. The sameness of subject, similarity of composition, and return of the same burden in both, are sufficient evidence of this opinion.
Judge.
7:8; 26:1; 35:24; 75:7; 1Co 4:4; 1Pe 2:23
plead.
35:1; 1Sa 24:15; Pr 22:23; 23:11; Mic 7:9
ungodly. or, unmerciful. the deceitful. Heb. a man ofdeceit and iniquity.
71:4; 2Sa 15:31; 16:20-23; 17:1-4
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Context
- Psalms 43:1
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
- Psalms 43:2
For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalms 43:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | JÚZGAME, oh Dios, y aboga mi causa: líbrame de gente impía, del hombre de engaño é iniquidad. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Juge-moi, ô Dieu! et prends en main ma cause contre une nation sans piété; délivre-moi de l’homme trompeur et inique. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Schaffe mir Recht, o Gott, und führe meinen Rechtsstreit wider eine lieblose Nation! Von dem Manne des Trugs und des Unrechts errette mich! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | In finem. Filiis Core ad intellectum. |