King James Version
What Does Psalms 43:1 Mean?
“Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. ungodly: or, unmerciful the deceitful: Heb. a man of deceit and iniquity”
Context
1
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. ungodly: or, unmerciful the deceitful: Heb. a man of deceit and iniquity
2
For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers** 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 such a term.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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