Psalms 43:1-7

1 in finem filiis Core ad intellectum

2 Deus auribus nostris audivimus patres nostri adnuntiaverunt nobis opus quod operatus es in diebus eorum in diebus antiquis

3 manus tua gentes disperdit et plantasti eos adflixisti populos et expulisti eos

4 nec enim in gladio suo possederunt terram et brachium eorum non salvavit eos sed dextera tua et brachium tuum et inluminatio faciei tuae quoniam conplacuisti in eis

5 tu es ipse rex meus et Deus meus qui mandas salutes Iacob

6 in te inimicos nostros ventilabimus cornu et in nomine tuo spernemus insurgentes in nobis

7 non enim in arcu meo sperabo et gladius meus non salvabit me

Psalms 43:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 43

This psalm is without a title; but may well enough be thought to be one of David's: and the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, and Syriac versions, call it a psalm of David, and the latter adds, when Jonathan told him that Saul intended to kill him; and certain it is, that it was wrote by the same person, at the same time, and upon the same occasion as the preceding, seeing some of the same expressions are used in it, see Ps 42:1, title; and some take this and the preceding to be but one psalm, and this might be written with that on account of the rebellion of his son Absalom.