Psalms 43:1

Overview - Psalms 43
David, praying to be restored to the temple, promises to serve God joyfully.
He encourages his soul to trust in God.
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Psalms 43:1  (King James Version)
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
 


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 1 Corinthians 4:4 ; 1 Peter 2:23

plead
35:1 1 Samuel 24:15 ; Proverbs 22:23 ; 23:11 Micah 7:9

ungodly
or, unmerciful. the deceitful. Hebrew a man of
deceit and iniquity.
71:4 2 Samuel 15:31 ; 16:20-23 17:1-4