Psalm 43

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 43:3

LIGHT AND TRUTH‘O send out Thy light and Thy truth, that they may lead me: and bring me unto Thy holy hill, and to Thy dwelling.’Psalms 43:3 (Prayer Book Version)The forty-second and forty-third psalms give us an insight into the very heart of the Psalmist. David there appears as the man whose affections were set upon God, and who in all the changes and chances and dangers of a chequered life looked upward, aspired for closer communion with God; and it is for this that he is our teacher and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:1-2

‘Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against an ungodly nation, Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. For you are the God of my strength, Why have you cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?’ He calls on God to judge him, with a view to vindicating him because of his love for Him, and to plead his cause before the godless nation which holds him. He seeks to be delivered from the hand of the deceitful and unjust men who represent that nation. The... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:3-4

‘Oh send out your light and your truth, Let them lead me, Let them bring me to your holy hill, And to your tabernacles. Then will I go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy, And on the harp will I praise you, O God, my God.’ ‘Send out Your light and Your truth.’ Perhaps he has in mind here the pillar of light that had led God’s people from Egypt, and the light and truth revealed at Sinai. It was by these manifestations of God that Israel had been delivered. So now he wants God to act in... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:4

‘These things I remember, And pour out my soul upon me, How I was wont to go regularly with the throng, And walked in procession with them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, A festive crowd keeping holyday.’ The idea here is not that he just remembers the joys of the past, but that he speaks to himself and makes it quite clear to himself. His soul, as it were, speaks to his inner heart. And he brings home to himself the joy of his regular experiences at the three great... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:5

‘Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope you in God, For I will yet praise him, Who is the help of my countenance, And my God.’ This final truth has confirmed his faith and made him sure of his deliverance. Thus he can with even more confidence call on his soul and ask it why is it so disquieted simply because of these troubles that have beset him. Let it hope in God. For he knows that God must eventually release him so that he may yet go to the House of God... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43

BOOK II.— PSS. XLII.– LXXII.Psalms 42-83 are Elohistic, i.e. they use the word God (Elohim) and avoid the proper name Yahweh, probably from motives of reverence. Here and there, however, the name Yahweh has crept into the text by a natural slip of the scribes. read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:1-5

Psalms 43:1-Deuteronomy : . Hopeful prayer for restoration to the Temple. It is impossible to say who are meant by the “ ungodly nation,” the nation that is not hasid (see Psalms 43*) or pious. Following this clue we might understand by the nation that is not pious, the mass of careless or apostate Jews, since nobody would expect zealous piety from heathen. But it is doubtful if goi. the word translated “ nation,” could mean here a party in a nation. Besides, hasid may be used in a more... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 43

PSALM 43 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm seems to have been composed by the same author, and upon the same occasion with the former. David, praying against his fierce and crafty enemies, Psalms 43:1; and to be restored to the temple, Psalms 43:2,Psalms 43:3; promiseth to serve God joyfully, Psalms 43:4. He encourageth his soul to trust in God, Psalms 43:5. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 43:1

Judge me; or, judge or give sentence for me, as this phrase is used, Psalms 26:1, and elsewhere. Ungodly, or unmerciful, i.e. cruel or inhuman; for it is a meiosis. Nation; so he calls the company of his enemies for their great numbers, and because they were the far greatest part, and almost the whole body of the nation. Deceitful and unjust; who covereth his wicked designs with fair and false pretences; which sort of men are hateful to thee, and to all good men. Man; either Saul; or rather,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 43:3

Send out, i.e. actually impart and discover them; for at present thou seemest to conceal and withhold them from me. Thy light and thy truth, i.e. thy favour, or the light of thy countenance, and the truth of thy promises made to me; as God’s mercy and truth oft go together, as 2 Samuel 15:20; Psalms 61:7; Psalms 89:14, &c. Or this may be a figure called hendiaduo, whereby light and truth is put either for the light of God’s truth; or rather, for true light, the illumination of God’s Spirit,... read more

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 43:3

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:1-2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:3-4

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:4

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:5

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:1-5

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 43

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 43:1

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 43:3

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