Psalms 43:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שָׁפְטֵ֤נִי אֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ וְרִ֘יבָ֤ה רִיבִ֗י מִגּ֥וֹי לֹא־חָסִ֑יד מֵ֤אִישׁ־מִרְמָ֖ה וְעַוְלָ֣ה תְפַלְּטֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

šāp̄ᵊṭēnî ʾĕlōhîm wᵊ-rîḇâ rîḇî from-gôy not-ḥāsîḏ from-ʾîš-mirᵊmâ wᵊ-ʿawᵊlâ tᵊp̄allᵊṭēnî

Grammar Details

*šāp̄ᵊṭēnî*: imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - judge me
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun (used as singular) - God
*wᵊ-rîḇâ*: conjunction + imperative, masculine singular - and plead/contend
*rîḇî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my cause/case
*gôy*: noun, masculine singular - nation/people (often referring to non-Israelites)
*lōʾ-ḥāsîḏ*: negation + adjective, masculine singular - not godly/pious/faithful
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
*mirᵊmâ*: noun, feminine singular - deceit/treachery
*wᵊ-ʿawᵊlâ*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and injustice/wickedness
*tᵊp̄allᵊṭēnî*: imperfect, 2nd masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you will deliver me

Word Meanings

*šāp̄ᵊṭēnî*: judge me/vindicate me/defend my cause
*rîḇâ*: plead/contend/fight for
*rîḇî*: my cause/my case/my lawsuit
*gôy*: nation/people/gentiles
*ḥāsîḏ*: godly/pious/faithful/kind
*mirᵊmâ*: deceit/treachery/fraud
*ʿawᵊlâ*: injustice/unrighteousness/wickedness
*tᵊp̄allᵊṭēnî*: deliver me/rescue me/save me

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 26:1 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering.
1 Sam 24:15 : 15 Jehovah therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.
Ps 35:1 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Strive thou, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me: Fight thou against them that fight against me.
Ps 35:24 : 24 Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.
Ps 5:6 : 6 Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
Ps 7:8 : 8 Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.
2 Sam 15:31 : 31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
Ps 71:4 : 4 Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Ps 75:7 : 7 But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.
Prov 22:23 : 23 For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
Prov 23:11 : 11 For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee.
Mic 7:9 : 9 I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, 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.
1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby {G1722} justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
1 Pet 2:23 : 23 who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:
2 Sam 16:20-17:4 : 20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall do. 21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, that he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then will the hands of all that are with thee be strong. 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. 23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. 1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: 2 and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, {H3027} and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only; 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. 4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

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