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Psalms 43:1

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Psalms 43:1 — KJV

Theological / Devotional

Plead. Heb. rib, “to contend,” “to conduct a case against” (see on Ps. 35:1; cf. 1 Sam. 24:15).

An ungodly nation. The psalmist is probably referring to his own nation, which he knows to be far from God’s ideal.

Unjust man. Perhaps to be understood collectively of the psalmist’s enemies.

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