Bible Commentaries

Verse 1

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

A. M. 2983. B.C. 1021. (Title.) This Psalm is evidently a continuation of the preceding, and had the same author; and they are written as one in forty-six MSS. The sameness of subject, similarity of composition, and return of the same burden in both, are sufficient evidence of this opinion

Judge

7:8; 26:1; 35:24; 75:7; 1 Corinthians 4:4; 1 Peter 2:23

plead

35:1; 1 Samuel 24:15; Proverbs 22:23; 23:11; Micah 7:9

ungodly

or, unmerciful. the deceitful. Heb. a man of deceit and iniquity.

71:4; 2 Samuel 15:31; 16:20-23; 17:1-4

Reciprocal: Genesis 16:5 - the Lord; Genesis 30:6 - God; Genesis 32:11 - Deliver; 1 Samuel 24:12 - Lord judge; 2 Samuel 15:12 - the people; 2 Samuel 15:30 - and wept as he went up; 2 Samuel 18:8 - General; 2 Chronicles 20:12 - wilt; Job 23:4 - order; Psalm 5:6 - the bloody; Psalm 17:1 - Hear; Psalm 22:1 - my God; Psalm 31:1 - deliver; Psalm 44:24 - Wherefore; Psalm 54:1 - judge; Psalm 71:2 - in thy; Psalm 119:43 - for I have; Psalm 119:154 - Plead; Psalm 140:1 - Deliver; Jeremiah 11:20 - revealed; Jeremiah 50:34 - plead; Lamentations 3:59 - judge

Verse 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?

the God

28:7; 140:7; Exodus 15:2; Isaiah 40:31; 45:24; Zechariah 10:12; Ephesians 6:10; Philippians 4:13

why dost

71:9; 77:7; 94:14; 1 Chronicles 28:9

why go

42:9

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 15:12 - the people; 2 Samuel 15:30 - and wept as he went up; 1 Chronicles 16:27 - strength; Job 29:5 - the Almighty; Job 30:28 - General; Job 35:9 - they make; Psalm 27:1 - strength; Psalm 38:6 - mourning; Psalm 44:9 - General; Psalm 51:11 - Cast; Psalm 54:1 - judge; Psalm 55:2 - I mourn; Psalm 88:14 - Lord; Psalm 94:3 - Lord; Psalm 94:19 - General; Song of Solomon 3:2 - I sought; Daniel 10:2 - I Daniel

Verse 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.

send

40:11; 57:3; 97:11; 119:105; 2 Samuel 15:20; Micah 7:8,20; John 1:4,17

lead

25:4,5; 143:10; Proverbs 3:5,6

thy holy

2:6; 3:4; 68:15,16; 78:68; 132:13,14

tabernacles

1 Chronicles 16:1,39; 21:29

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 15:25 - he will bring; Psalm 15:1 - holy; Psalm 27:6 - therefore; Psalm 31:3 - lead; Psalm 61:7 - prepare; Psalm 84:7 - in Zion; Psalm 84:10 - For; Proverbs 6:22 - General; Zephaniah 3:18 - sorrowful; John 20:13 - why

Verse 4

Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.

Then

66:13-15; 116:12-19

my exceeding joy

Heb. the gladness of my joy.

71:23; Isaiah 61:10; Habakkuk 3:17,18; Romans 5:11

upon

57:8; 71:22; 81:2; 2 Samuel 6:5; Revelation 5:8

O God

42:6

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 1:8 - am not; 2 Samuel 15:25 - he will bring; Job 27:10 - delight; Psalm 4:7 - put; Psalm 7:1 - O; Psalm 9:2 - I will be; Psalm 13:5 - my heart; Psalm 15:1 - holy; Psalm 25:5 - Lead; Psalm 26:6 - so will; Psalm 27:6 - therefore; Psalm 37:4 - Delight; Psalm 63:5 - with joyful; Psalm 68:3 - exceedingly rejoice; Psalm 73:25 - Whom; Psalm 84:10 - For; Psalm 89:26 - God; Psalm 91:2 - my God; Song of Solomon 7:12 - there will I give thee; Joel 1:16 - joy; John 17:13 - that; John 20:17 - your God; Ephesians 3:19 - that ye; Revelation 14:2 - harpers

Verse 5

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

42:5,11

health

Yeshüôth, "salvations." or deliverances see Ps 44:4. Reciprocal: Genesis 49:6 - O my soul; 2 Samuel 15:30 - and wept as he went up; Job 11:18 - because; Psalm 13:5 - my heart; Psalm 31:14 - Thou; Psalm 61:2 - my heart; Psalm 62:5 - soul; Psalm 67:2 - saving; Psalm 71:14 - But; Psalm 131:2 - quieted; Lamentations 3:20 - humbled; Lamentations 3:24 - therefore; Jonah 2:7 - I remembered; John 14:1 - not; 1 Corinthians 13:13 - hope; 1 Thessalonians 5:8 - the hope; Hebrews 6:19 - both