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Psalms 43:1

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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In The King James Version

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

In Context

2You are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

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Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31And word came to David, saying, Ahithophel is among those who are joined to Absalom. And David said, O Lord, let the wisdom of Ahithophel be made foolish.

2 Samuel 18:8And the fighting went on over all the face of the country: and the woods were responsible for more deaths than the sword.

Psalms 7:7\7:6\Come up, Lord, in your wrath; be lifted up against my haters; be awake, my God, give orders for the judging.

Psalms 7:9\7:8\The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

Psalms 35:1Of David. O Lord, be on my side against those who are judging me; be at war with those who make war against me.

Psalms 54:3\54:1\Let your name be my salvation, O God; let my cause be judged by your strength.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 43:1

This psalm, it is likely, was penned upon the same occasion with the former, and, having no title, may be looked upon as an appendix to it; the malady presently returning, he had immediate recourse to the same remedy, because he had entered it in his book, with a "probatum est—it has been proved," upon it. The second verse of this psalm is almost the very same with the ninth verse of the foregoing psalm, as the fifth of this is exactly the same with the eleventh of that. Christ himself, who had the Spirit without… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

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