1 Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.
After whom has the king of Israel come out? for whom are you searching? for a dead dog, an insect.
<Of David.> O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.
You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.
The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.
And word came to David, saying, Ahithophel is among those who are joined to Absalom. And David said, O Lord, let the wisdom of Ahithophel be made foolish.
O my God, take me out of the hand of the sinner, out of the hand of the evil and cruel man.
For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.
For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.
For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.
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Commentary on Psalms 43 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 43
This psalm, it is likely, was penned upon the same occasion with the former, and, having no title, may be looked upon as an appendix to it; the malady presently returning, he had immediate recourse to the same remedy, because he had entered it in his book, with a "probatum est-it has been proved,' upon it. The second verse of this psalm is almost the very same with the ninth verse of the foregoing psalm, as the fifth of this is exactly the same with the eleventh of that. Christ himself, who had the Spirit without measure, when there was occasion prayed a second and third time "saying the same words,' Mt. 26:44. In this psalm.
Psa 43:1-5
David here makes application to God, by faith and prayer, as his judge, his strength, his guide, his joy, his hope, with suitable affections and expressions.