Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 43:1
Nation — So he calls the company of his enemies for their great numbers. Man — Probably Achitophel or Absalom.
Nation — So he calls the company of his enemies for their great numbers. Man — Probably Achitophel or Absalom.
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...
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...
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...
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...
JUDGE. Vindicate. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. UNGODLY. graceless. Figure of speech _Tapeinosis._ App-6. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_....
Psalms 43:1. A passionate prayer for deliverance from his enemies and restoration to the privileges of the sanctuary....
Prayer for deliverance, grounded upon God's relation to him....
_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;...
_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...
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...
_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...
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 ....
1. AN UNGODLY NATION] RM 'an unmerciful nation,' a loveless, heathen people....
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...
XLIII. (1) AN UNGODLY NATION. — In the Hebrew simply a negative term, a nation not _khasîd, i.e.,_ not in the _covenant._ But naturally a positive idea of ungodliness and wickedness would attach to s...
שָׁפְטֵ֤נִי אֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ וְ רִ֘יבָ֤ה רִיבִ֗י מִ...
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;...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
_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...
CONCLUSION OF THE PRECEDING PSALM. The psalmist again opens with an appeal, followed by a vow of faithfulness to Jehovah and His worship....
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...
UNGODLY: Or, unmerciful FROM THE DECEITFUL AND UNJUST MAN: _ Heb._ from a man of deceit, and iniquity...
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...
Psalms 43:1 Vindicate H8199 (H8798) God H430 plead H7378 (H8798) cause H7379 ungodly H3808 H2623 nation...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
_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....
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 4:4; 1 Peter 2:23; 1 Samuel 24:15; 2 Samuel 15:31;...