시편 43:1-3 KRV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 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. I. As his Judge, his righteous Judge, who he knew would judge him, and who (being conscious of his own integrity) he knew would judge for him (Ps. 43:1): Judge me, O God! and plead my cause. There were those that impeached him; against them he is defendant, and from their courts, where he stood unjustly convicted and condemned, he appeals... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 43:1

Judge me, O God ,.... The Targum adds, with the judgment of truth; see Romans 2:2 ; and plead my cause ; which was a righteous one; and therefore he could commit it to God to be tried and judged by him, and could put it into his hands to plead it for him; See Gill on Psalm 35:1 ; against an ungodly nation ; meaning either the Philistines, among whom he was; or his own nation, when they joined his son Absalom in rebellion against him: some understand it of the great numbers that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 43:2

For thou art the God of my strength ,.... Who being the strong and mighty God was able to deliver and save him, as well as to plead his cause; and was the author and giver of strength, natural and spiritual, to him; and was the strength of his heart, life and salvation; and is a good reason why he committed his cause unto him; why doest thou cast me off ? this is the language of unbelief: it being what was not in reality, only in appearance: the psalmist was ready to conclude he was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 43:3

O send out thy light and thy truth ,.... By light is meant, not the law, as Arama; but rather, as some Jewish F16 Midrash Tillim, & Jarchi, in loc. interpreters understand it, the Messiah, the sun of righteousness, and light of the world; who is the author of all light, natural, spiritual, and eternal; and whose coming into the world is often signified by being sent into it. The Spirit of God also is the enlightener of men, both at first conversion and afterwards, and is sent down... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:1

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause - ריבי ריבה ribah ribi , a forensic term, properly enough translated, plead my cause, be my counsellor and advocate. Ungodly nation - The Babylonians; the impious, perfidious, wicked, and deceitful Babylonians. The deceitful and unjust man - Nebuchadnezzar. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:2

For those art the God of my strength - The psalmist speaks here, as in other places in the person of the whole Israelitish people then captive in Babylon. We still acknowledge thee for our God. Why are we cast off? Now that we are humbled and penitent, why are we not enlarged? Why are we not saved from this oppression of the Babylonians? read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:3

O send out thy light and thy truth - We are in darkness and distress, O send light and prosperity; we look for the fulfillment of thy promises, O send forth thy truth. Let thy fight guide me to thy holy hill, to the country of my fathers; let thy truth lead me to thy tabernacles, there to worship thee in spirit and in truth. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:1

Verse 1 1Judege me, O God! David, in the first place, complains of the extreme cruelty of his enemies; but in the verses which immediately follow, he shows that there was nothing which he felt to be more grievous, than to be deprived of the opportunity of access to the sanctuary. We have an evidence of his enjoying the testimony of a good conscience in this, that he commends the defense of his cause to God. The term judge, which he first makes use of, is nothing else than to undertake the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:2

Verse 2 2For thou art the God of my strength This verse differs very little from the ninth verse of the preceding psalm, and the difference consists more in words than in matter. Setting as a shield against temptation the fact, that he had experienced the power of God to be present with him, he complains that his life is spent in mourning, because he sees himself as it were abandoned to the will of his enemies. He considered it absolutely certain that his enemies had no power to do him harm... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 43:1

Judge me, O God (comp. Psalms 35:24 ). And plead my cause. (comp. Psalms 35:1 ). God's intervention is asked in the struggle between David and his enemies, on the assumed ground that he is in the right, and not they. God will, of course, only interpose if this is so. Against an ungodly nation; or, an unkind , unloving nation. Though called גוִי , as in Isaiah 1:4 , still Israel is meant. They were "unloving," both towards God and towards their king . O deliver me from the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 43:1-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 43:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 43:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 43:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 43:1

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