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Psa 43:1 — Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		A. M. 2983. B.C. 1021.
(Title)		This Psalm is evidently a continuation of the preceding, and had the same author; and they are written as one in forty-six MSS. The sameness of subject, similarity of composition, and return of the same burden in both, are sufficient evidence of this opinion
Judge		Psa 7:8; Psa 26:1; Psa 35:24; Psa 75:7; 1Cr 4:4; 1Pe 2:23
plead		Psa 35:1; 1Sa 24:15; Pro 22:23; Pro 23:11; Mic 7:9
ungodly		or, unmerciful
the deceitful		Heb. a man of deceit and iniquity. Psa 71:4; 2Sa 15:31; 2Sa 16:20-23; 2Sa 17:1-4

Correlating Passages

Judge

	Psa 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.
	Psa 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.
	Psa 35:24	Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
	Psa 75:7	But God [is] the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
	1Cr 4:4	For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
	1Pe 2:23	Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:

plead

	Psa 35:1	[[[A Psalm] of David.]] Plead [my cause], O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
	1Sa 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.
	Pro 22:23	For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
	Pro 23:11	For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
	Mic 7:9	I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness.

the deceitful

	Psa 71:4	Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
	2Sa 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.
	2Sa 16:20	Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
	2Sa 16:21	And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that [are] with thee be strong.
	2Sa 16:22	So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
	2Sa 16:23	And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, [was] as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so [was] all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
	2Sa 17:1	Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
	2Sa 17:2	And I will come upon him while he [is] weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that [are] with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
	2Sa 17:3	And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest [is] as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace.
	2Sa 17:4	And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 43:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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