Psalms 43:1

_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 means 'a nation not loving' or 'merciful' х_ LO'_ (H3808) _ CHAACIYD_ (H2623)]; but in Psalms 4:3 it is rendered as the English version here....

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 grievous, than to be deprived of the opportunity of access to the sanctuary. We have an evidence of his enjoying the testimony of a good conscience in this, that he commends the defense of his cause to God. The term _judge, _which he first makes use of, is nothing else than _to undertake the defense of one’s cause; _and he expresses his meaning more clearly by adding, _plead my cause _The substance and object of his prayer, indeed, were, that he might be delivered from the wicked and malicious men by whom he was undeservedly persecuted. But as it is to the miserable and guiltless, who are wrongfully afflicted, that God promises his help, David, in the first place, submits himself to be examine...

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 the Divine_ _service_, 4; _chides himself for despondency, and takes courage_, 5. NOTES ON PSALM XLIII There is no _title_ to this Psalm in the _Hebrew_, nor in the _Chaldee_. The _Syriac_ says it was composed "by David when Jonathan told him that Saul intended to slay him." The _Arabic_ says of this, as of the preceding, that it is a _prayer for the backsliding Jews_. It is most evidently on 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 greatly wronged by the treatment which he received from people, and he asks to have it shown that he was not guilty of what his enemies charged on him; that he was an upright man, and a friend of God. See Psalms 7:8, note; Psalms 26:1, note. AND PLEAD MY CAUSE - See the notes at Psalms 35:1. “Against an ungodly nation.” Margin, unmerciful. Literally, “from a nation not merciful,” or not; religious. The idea is, that the nation or people referred to manifested none of the

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 43:1, is a supplementary stanza, added subsequently by the same or a different writer. Being intended as a continuation, the psalm has naturally no title. PSALMS 43:1 JUDGE ME, O GOD (comp. Psalms 35:24). AND PLEAD MY CAUSE. (comp. Psalms 35:1). God's intervention is as

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, and could put it into his hands to plead it for him; Psalms 35:1; AGAINST AN UNGODLY NATION; meaning either the Philistines, among whom he was; or his own nation, when they joined his son Absalom in rebellion against him: some understand it of the great numbers that were with Saul, when he was persecuted by him; O DELIVER ME FROM THE DECEITFUL AND UNJUST MAN; either Absalom, who, under pretence of a vow he had vowed in Hebron, got leave of David to go thither, and then engaged in a conspiracy against him; or Ahithophel, who had been his friend and acquaintance,

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 called the Lord the God of his life. Now he calls him the God of his strength. We generally sing ourselves up. We may begin in a very low key, as David did, but if we can praise God in the dark, we shall soon praise God in the light. Psalms 43:2. _Why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy:_ «My exceeding joy,»--exceeding all the other joys I have,--exceedi

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, serving the beast (Revelation 13:11). The deceitful and unjust man, is that coming man of sin, the son of perdition, who then has taken his seat in the temple of God in Jerusalem (2 Thessalonians 2:1). They realize their help must come from the Lord to lead them to the holy hill and the sanctuary. They call for the co

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 understand by the nation that is not pious, the mass of careless or apostate Jews, since nobody would expect zealous piety from heathen. But it is doubtful if _goi._ the word translated nation, could mean here a party in a nation. Besides, _hasid_ may be used in a more general sense, viz. merciful. PSALMS 43:3. The light is that of God's countenance, His favour: His truth is His faithfulness. They are here personified. The plural form tabernacles refers to the Temple with its various rooms and courts. Psalms 43:4. the gladness of my joy (_mg._) is almost as strange in Heb. as in Engl

JUDGE. Vindicate. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. UNGODLY. graceless. Figure of speech _Tapeinosis._ App-6. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_....