Psalms 43:1
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 43:1 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 43:1 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. ungodly: ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 43:1 — KJV
“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”
— Psalms 43:1 (KJV)
Psalms 43:1 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 43:1
“The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand. deliver: Heb. judge”
Shares key themes with Psalms 43:1: judge, plead, cause
“Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity. caused...: Heb. were for a stumblingblock of iniquity unto, etc”
Shares key themes with Psalms 43:1: god, cause, against
“Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. I make...: Chaldee, a decree is made by me any...: Chaldee, error cut...: Chaldee, made pieces”
Shares key themes with Psalms 43:1: god, cause, against
“If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. please...: Heb. be evil in the eyes of, etc”
Shares key themes with Psalms 43:1: nation, deceitful, heb
“Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,”
Shares key themes with Psalms 43:1: cause, deliver, deceitful
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