Psalm 43:1

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 43:1-5

Psalms 42-43 Longing for God’s templeIn many ancient manuscripts Psalms 42:0 and 43 form one psalm. Together they express the sorrow of a devout worshipper, possibly a temple singer, who lived in the far north of Israel (see 42:6) and could no longer go to worship at the temple in Jerusalem. This may have been because the kingdom was now divided, and the northern king would not allow his people to travel into the southern territory, where Jerusalem was situated. The king rejected the religion... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 43:1

Judge = Vindicate. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . ungodly = graceless. Figure of speech Tapeinosis. App-6 . man. Hebrew. 'ish . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 43:1

PSALM 43Psalms 43:1-2"Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation:Oh deliver men from the deceitful and unjust man.For thou art the God of my strength; why hast thou cast me off?.Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?""Against an ungodly nation" (Psalms 43:1). The ungodly nation was either Assyria which captivated Northern Israel, or Babylon which made captives of Judaea, certainly not the Israel of God. As Leupold pointed out, "The word for nation here is... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 43:1

Psalms 43:0. David, praying to be restored to the temple, promises to serve God joyfully: he encourageth his soul to trust in God. Title.— The subject of this Psalm is so much the same with that of the preceding, that one is strongly tempted to believe it to be a continuation of it, particularly as there is no title to interrupt. Mudge. There seems however this difference, that the former was written when the affairs of the Psalmist were at the worst; but this, when they began to amend; when he... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 43:1

1. Judge—or, "vindicate" (Psalms 10:18). plead, &c.— (Psalms 10:18- :). ungodly—neither in character or condition objects of God's favor (compare Psalms 10:18- :). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 43:1

The psalmist wrote as though most of the people in his nation had turned against him. He also referred to one opponent in particular. If David wrote this psalm, he may have done so when he fled from Absalom. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 43:1-3

1. Prayer for vindication 43:1-3 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 43:1-5

Psalms 43In this prayer the psalmist asked God to lead him back to Jerusalem so he could worship God there and find refreshment and relief. As mentioned in my introductory comments concerning Psalms 42, this psalm may at one time have been the last part of that one. This psalm is the only one in Book 2 (Psalms 42-72) that does not have a heading. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:1-5

1. An ungodly nation] RM ’an unmerciful nation,’ a loveless, heathen people. 2. Cp. Psalms 42:9. 3. Thy holy hill] the Temple on Mt. Zion. Thy tabernacles] or dwelling-place.4. O God my God] instead of ’O Lord my God’—showing that the Ps. is ’Elohistic’ read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 43:1

XLIII.(1) An ungodly nation.—In the Hebrew simply a negative term, a nation not khasîd, i.e., not in the covenant. But naturally a positive idea of ungodliness and wickedness would attach to such a term. read more

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