Psalms Chapter 43 verse 1 Holy Bible
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
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Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.
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Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; deliver me from the deceitful and unrighteous man.
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Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
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Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
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Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
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Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - Judge me, O God (comp. Psalm 35:24). And plead my cause. (comp. Psalm 35:1). God's intervention is asked in the struggle between David and his enemies, on the assumed ground that he is in the right, and not they. God will, of course, only interpose if this is so. Against an ungodly nation; or, an unkind, unloving nation. Though called גוִי, as in Isaiah 1:4, still Israel is meant. They were "unloving," both towards God and towards their king. O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. Either Absalom or Ahithophel may be meant; or "man" may be used abstractedly for David's enemies generally.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers XLIII.(1) An ungodly nation.--In the Hebrew simply a negative term, a nation not khasid, i.e., not in the covenant. But naturally a positive idea of ungodliness and wickedness would attach to such a term.
