What Does Psalms 43:1 Mean?

“Judge”

to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal

“me O God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“and plead”

properly, to toss, i.e., grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e., hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend

“my cause”

a contest (personal or legal)

“nation”

a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

“against an ungodly”

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

properly, kind, i.e., (religiously) pious (a saint)

“man”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“me from the deceitful”

fraud

“and unjust”

(moral) evil

“O deliver”

to slip out, i.e., escape; causatively, to deliver