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The Psalms

Psalms 43

Psalms, Book II · KJV

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1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

2For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

3O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

4Then 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.

5Why 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.

Psalms 43:1–5

Word detail

Judge

To judge, govern, decide a matter, or administer justice.

In “Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation”, “Judge” expresses to judge, govern, decide a matter, or administer justice. The surrounding poetic lines identify the speaker, addressee, and intended comparison. A figurative sense in one psalm should not be imposed on every occurrence elsewhere.