Psalms 43:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 43

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¹Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Psalms 43:1 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Atheism Attributes of God Consistency Deceit Deception Dishonesty Falsehood

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-5)

David here makes application to God, by faith and prayer, as his judge, his strength, his guide, his joy, his hope, with suitable affections and expressions. I. As his Judge, his righteous Judge, who he knew would judge him, and who (being conscious of his own integrity) he knew would judge for him (Ps. 43:1): Judge me, O God! and plead my cause. There were those that impeached him; against them h…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

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).