Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Vindicate me, my God, and plead my cause against an unfaithful nation. Rescue me from those who are deceitful and wicked. New Living Translation Declare me innocent, O God! Defend me against these ungodly people. Rescue me from these unjust liars. English Standard Version Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me! Berean Study Bible Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men. King James Bible Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. New King James Version Vindicate me, O God, And plead my cause against an ungodly nation; Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! New American Standard Bible Vindicate me, God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; Save me from the deceitful and unjust person! NASB 1995 Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! NASB 1977 Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! Amplified Bible Judge and vindicate me, O God; plead my case against an ungodly nation. O rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man! Christian Standard Bible Vindicate me, God, and champion my cause against an unfaithful nation; rescue me from the deceitful and unjust person. Holman Christian Standard Bible Vindicate me, God, and defend my cause against an ungodly nation; rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man. American Standard Version Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. Brenton Septuagint Translation A Psalm of David. Judge me, o God, and plead my cause, against an ungodly nation: deliver me from the unjust and crafty man. Contemporary English Version Show that I am right, God! Defend me against everyone who doesn't know you; rescue me from each of those deceitful liars. Douay-Rheims Bible A psalm for David. Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from the nation that is not holy : deliver me from the unjust and deceitful man. English Revised Version Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. Good News Translation O God, declare me innocent, and defend my cause against the ungodly; deliver me from lying and evil people! GOD'S WORD® Translation Judge me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation. Rescue me from deceitful and unjust people. International Standard Version You be my judge, God, and plead my case against an unholy nation; rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man. JPS Tanakh 1917 Be Thou my judge, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. Literal Standard Version Judge me, O God, "" And plead my cause against a nation not pious, "" You deliver me from a man of deceit and perverseness, NET Bible Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men! New Heart English Bible Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against a faithless nation. Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. World English Bible Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men. Young's Literal Translation Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me, Additional Translations ... Study Bible Send Out Your Light1Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men. 2For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?… Cross References Genesis 30:6 Then Rachel said, "God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son." So she named him Dan. 1 Samuel 24:15 May the LORD be our judge and decide between you and me. May He take notice and plead my case and deliver me from your hand." Psalm 5:6 You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit. Psalm 7:8 The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity. Psalm 26:1 Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. Psalm 35:1 Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who battle me. Psalm 35:24 Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me. Psalm 38:12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long. Psalm 74:22 Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long. Psalm 101:7 No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence. Lamentations 3:59 You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause! Treasury of Scripture Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. A. Judge Psalm 7:8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. Psalm 26:1 A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. Psalm 35:24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. plead Psalm 35:1 A Psalm of David. Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. 1 Samuel 24:15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand. Proverbs 22:23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. ungodly. Psalm 71:4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 2 Samuel 15:31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. 2 Samuel 16:20-23 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do… XLIII. (1) An ungodly nation.--In the Hebrew simply a negative term, a nation not khasid, i.e., not in the covenant. But naturally a positive idea of ungodliness and wickedness would attach to such a term. Verse 1. - Judge me, O God (comp. Psalm 35:24). And plead my cause. (comp. Psalm 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 deceitful and unjust man. Either Absalom or Ahithophel may be meant; or "man" may be used abstractedly for David's enemies generally.Parallel Commentaries ... Lexicon Vindicate me,שָׁפְטֵ֤נִי (šā·p̄ə·ṭê·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate O God, אֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative and plead וְרִ֘יבָ֤ה (wə·rî·ḇāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend my case רִיבִ֗י (rî·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 7379: Strife, dispute against an ungodly לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no nation; מִגּ֥וֹי (mig·gō·w) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts deliver me תְפַלְּטֵֽנִי׃ (ṯə·p̄al·lə·ṭê·nî) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 6403: To slip out, escape, to deliver from deceitful מִרְמָ֖ה (mir·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4820: Deceit, treachery and unjust וְעַוְלָ֣ה (wə·‘aw·lāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5766: Injustice, unrighteousness men. מֵ֤אִישׁ־ (mê·’îš-) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person Jump to Previous Case Cause Deceit Deceitful Defend Deliver Evil Judge Nation Perverseness Pious Plead Religion Rescue Supporting Ungodly Unjust Unrighteous Vindicate WickedJump to Next Case Cause Deceit Deceitful Defend Deliver Evil Judge Nation Perverseness Pious Plead Religion Rescue Supporting Ungodly Unjust Unrighteous Vindicate WickedLinks Psalm 43:1 NIVPsalm 43:1 NLT Psalm 43:1 ESV Psalm 43:1 NASB Psalm 43:1 KJV Psalm 43:1 BibleApps.com Psalm 43:1 Biblia Paralela Psalm 43:1 Chinese Bible Psalm 43:1 French Bible Psalm 43:1 Clyx Quotations OT Poetry: Psalm 43:1 Vindicate me God and plead my cause (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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