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PSALM XLIII
_The psalmist begs God to take his part against his enemies_,
1, 2;
_to send his light and truth to guide him to the tabernacle_, 3;
_promises, if brought thither, to be faithful in th...
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JUDGE ME, O GOD - This does not mean, Pronounce sentence upon me; but,
Undertake my cause; interpose in my behalf; do justice in the case. He
regarded his own cause as right; he felt that he was great...
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Psalms 43
The Cry Against the Ungodly Nation and Antichrist
_ 1. The cry to God (Psalms 43:1)_
2. Send out Thy light and truth (Psalms 43:3)
Here their enemies are mentioned, the ungodly nation, s...
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Hopeful prayer for restoration to the Temple. It is impossible to say
who are meant by the ungodly nation, the nation that is not _hasid_
(see Psalms 43*) or pious. Following this clue we might unders...
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JUDGE. Vindicate.
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.
UNGODLY. graceless. Figure of speech _Tapeinosis._ App-6.
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_....
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_Judge me_&c. An appeal to God the Judge to do him justice and
vindicate his innocence by delivering him from the power of his
insolent foes. For the language cp. Psalms 7:8; Psalms 26:1; Psalms
35:1;...
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Prayer for deliverance, grounded upon God's relation to him....
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Psalms 43:1. A passionate prayer for deliverance from his enemies and
restoration to the privileges of the sanctuary....
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_David, praying to be restored to the temple, promises to serve God
joyfully: he encourageth his soul to trust in God._
_TITLE._— The subject of this Psalm is so much the same with that of
the precedi...
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THE PSALMS
BOOK THE SECOND
Psalms 42, 43
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Debarred Worshipper Mastering his Sorrow.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 42:1-5, A Debarred Worshipper, Nursing his Grief,
nevertheless Striv...
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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._
Judge me - vindicate me.
PLEAD MY CAUSE AGAINST AN UNGODLY NATION. The Hebrew often...
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43:1 me, (g-2) That is, as often, 'Do me justice.' ungodly (h-11) Heb.
_ goi lo-chasid_ , 'nation not-merciful.' see Isa. 1.4 -- contrast to
Psalms 86:2 . see Psalms 4:3 ....
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1. AN UNGODLY NATION] RM 'an unmerciful nation,' a loveless, heathen
people....
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PSALMS 42:72
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end.
The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
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שָׁפְטֵ֤נִי אֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ וְ רִ֘יבָ֤ה
רִיבִ֗י מִ...
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Psalms 42:1 , PSALMS 43:1
THE second book of the Psalter is characterised by the use of the
Divine name "Elohim" instead of "Jehovah." It begins with a cluster of
seven psalms (reckoning Psalms 42:1;...
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“THE HELP OF MY COUNTENANCE”
Psalms 43:1
The exiled king still pours out his soul to God. Already David has
addressed Him as _God of my life;_ here God appeals to David as _God
of my strength,_ Psalm...
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This psalm is either a part of the previous one or is closely
connected with it. It breathes the same note of confidence, ending
with the same words practically as the two parts of the former. It
reac...
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Judge (a) me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly (b) nation:
O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
(a) He desires God to undertake his cause against the enemies but
chiefly that h...
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Understanding. See Psalm xli. (Menochius) --- David or the Corites
composed this piece, to comfort the just under persecution. (Berthier)
--- It may allude to the situation of the Jews at Babylon, (Ca...
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CONTENTS
This Psalm is so much like the former, that it appears more like a
continuation of it, than a new one. Here are the devout cries of a
soul to be led by the Spirit to God, and for faith to re...
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1_Judege me, O God! _David, in the first place, complains of the
extreme cruelty of his enemies; but in the verses which immediately
follow, he shows that there was nothing which he felt to be more
gr...
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The enemy in Psalms 42 is the outward enemy and oppressor the Gentile.
Though in circumstances, of course, and not in the depths of
atonement, it is interesting to see the analogy in Verse 3 (Psalms
4...
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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,...
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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.
Ver. 1. _Judge me, O God_] This psalm is, as it were, an epitome or an
appendix to the f...
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_Judge me, O God_, &c. “O God, the supreme Judge of the whole world,
I appeal to thee, in this contest between me and a seditious people,
who, void of piety and humanity,” (so the phrase לא חסיד, _lo...
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CONCLUSION OF THE PRECEDING PSALM.
The psalmist again opens with an appeal, followed by a vow of
faithfulness to Jehovah and His worship....
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Judge me, O God, vindicating his cause, AND PLEAD MY CAUSE, as the
all-wise advocate against wickedness, AGAINST AN UNGODLY NATION, a
generation of men not in God's favor. O DELIVER ME FROM THE DECEIT...
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UNGODLY:
Or, unmerciful
FROM THE DECEITFUL AND UNJUST MAN:
_ Heb._ from a man of deceit, and iniquity...
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PSALM 43 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm seems to have been composed by the
same author, and upon the same occasion with the former. David,
praying against his fierce and crafty enemies, PSALMS 43:1; and to b...
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Psalms 43:1 Vindicate H8199 (H8798) God H430 plead H7378 (H8798) cause
H7379 ungodly H3808 H2623 nation...
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‘Judge me, O God,
And plead my cause against an ungodly nation,
Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
For you are the God of my strength,
Why have you cast me off?
Why go I mourning be...
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Psalms 43:1. _Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly
nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. For thou art
the God of my strength:_
In the previous Psalm, David had cal...
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CONTENTS: Prayer for God's help and leading.
CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist.
CONCLUSION: We need desire no more to give us satisfaction of heart
than the good that flows from God's favor. If we conscient...
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REFLECTIONS. PSALM 42. 43.
These two psalms were originally one, and it is difficult to account
for their being divided. They both close with the same reviving
chorus. David composed them beyond the J...
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_Judge me, O God, and plead my cause._
THE SOUL’S DOUBLE APPEAL
I. An appeal to God.
1. For Divine vindication.
2. For Divine deliverance.
3. For Divine information.
4. For Divine guidance.
II....
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 43:1 In the third stanza of Psalms 42:1, the
singer asks God to VINDICATE him against the ungodly people ...
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INTRODUCTION
This psalm was composed by the same author as the preceding one, and
has reference to the same occasion. It is fitted to impart help and
encouragement to the afflicted and desponding in...
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EXPOSITION
THE close connection of this psalm with the preceding has been already
noticed (see the introduction to Psalms 42:1.). We must not, however,
suppose an accidental detachment. Rather Psalms...
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Psa 43:1-5 seems to be similar to Psalms 42:1-11. There are some who
believe that it actually belonged to Psalms 42:1-11, and in some of
the manuscripts they were even put together as one psalm.
Judge...
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1 Corinthians 4:4; 1 Peter 2:23; 1 Samuel 24:15; 2 Samuel 15:31;...
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Nation — So he calls the company of his enemies for their great
numbers. Man — Probably Achitophel or Absalom....