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Psalms 43

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Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

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Psalms 43:1

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Augustine of Hippo

"Judge me, O Lord, and separate my cause from the ungodly nation." I do not dread Thy judgment, because I know Thy mercy. "Judge me, O God," he cries. Now, meanwhile, in this state of pilgrimage, Thou dost not yet separate my place, because I am to live together with the "tares" even to the time of the "harvest:" Thou dost not as yet separate my rain from theirs; my light from theirs: "separate my cause." Let a difference be made between him who believes in Thee, and him who believes not in Thee. …

On the Psalms, Psalm 43 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

In the preceding Psalm, David narrated his desire; now he applies prayer to fulfill that desire. And first he sets forth the prayer; second, its effect, at "why are you sorrowful?" Concerning the first he does two things. First he proposes the prayer in general; second, in particular, at "from the unjust man." And first he asks for judgment; second, the effect of the judgment. He asks therefore, "judge me, O God." But this seems to be presumptuous, because he himself says, "enter not into judgment," etc. Ps. 142. I respond. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗