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Introduction
1 | David, praying to be restored to the temple, promises to serve God joyfully. |
5 | He encourages his soul to trust in God. |
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
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
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
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
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
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Bibliographical Information
Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on Psalms 43". "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/tsk/psalms-43.html.
Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on Psalms 43". "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". https://www.studylight.org/
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