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Psalms 43:1

Judge me, O God! and defend my cause against a merciless nation! Deliver me from unjust and deceitful men!

Noyes Bible

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

2Thou art the God of my refuge: why dost thou cast me off? Why go I mourning on account of the oppression of the enemy?

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Cross References

Psalms 7:7Let the assembly of the nations compass thee about, And on their account return to the height!

Psalms 7:9Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked be at an end; But establish the righteous! For the righteous God trieth the heart and the reins.

Psalms 35:1“A psalm of David.” Contend, O LORD! with them that contend with me! Fight against them that fight against me!

Psalms 54:3For enemies have risen up against me, And oppressors seek my life; They have not set God before their eyes. [[Pause.]]

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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