Psalm 43:1

1 Schaffe mir Recht, o Gott, und führe meinen Rechtsstreit wider eine lieblose Nation! Von dem Manne des Trugs und des Unrechts errette mich!

Psalm 43:1 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 43:1

Judge me, O God
The Targum adds, with the judgment of truth; see ( Romans 2:2 ) ;

and plead my cause;
which was a righteous one; and therefore he could commit it to God to be tried and judged by him, and could put it into his hands to plead it for him; (See Gill on Psalms 35:1);

against an ungodly nation;
meaning either the Philistines, among whom he was; or his own nation, when they joined his son Absalom in rebellion against him: some understand it of the great numbers that were with Saul, when he was persecuted by him;

O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man;
either Absalom, who, under pretence of a vow he had vowed in Hebron, got leave of David to go thither, and then engaged in a conspiracy against him; or Ahithophel, who had been his friend and acquaintance, but now joined with Absalom. It is true of Saul, who, under pretence of friendship, sought his ruin, and to whom he expressed himself almost in the same words here used; see ( 1 Samuel 18:17 1 Samuel 18:25 ) ( 1 Samuel 24:12 1 Samuel 24:15 ) .

Psalm 43:1 In-Context

1 Schaffe mir Recht, o Gott, und führe meinen Rechtsstreit wider eine lieblose Nation! Von dem Manne des Trugs und des Unrechts errette mich!

2 Denn du bist der Gott meiner Stärke. Warum hast du mich verworfen? Warum gehe ich trauernd einher wegen der Bedrückung des Feindes?

3 Sende dein Licht und deine Wahrheit; sie sollen mich leiten, mich bringen zu deinem heiligen Berge und zu deinen Wohnungen.

4 So werde ich kommen zum Altar Gottes, zu dem Gott, der meine Jubelfreude ist, und werde dich preisen mit der Laute, Gott, mein Gott!

5 Was beugst du dich nieder, meine Seele, und was bist du unruhig in mir? Harre auf Gott! Denn ich werde ihn noch preisen, der das Heil meines Angesichts und mein Gott ist.