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Psalm 43:1

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43:1Vindicate me, O God!

Fight for me1 against an ungodly nation!

Deliver me2 from deceitful and evil men!3

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Or “argue my case.”
  2. 2 The imperfect here expresses a request or wish. Note the imperatives in the first half of the verse. See also v. 3.
  3. 3 Heb “from the deceitful and evil man.” The Hebrew text uses the singular form “man” in a collective sense, as the reference to a “nation” in the parallel line indicates.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause

against an ungodly people,

from the deceitful and unjust man

deliver me!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Vindicate me, my God,

and plead my cause

against an unfaithful nation.

Rescue me from those who are

deceitful and wicked.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Vindicate me, God, and champion my cause

against an unfaithful nation;

rescue me from the deceitful and unjust person.

NLTNew Living Translation

Declare me innocent, O God!

Defend me against these ungodly people.

Rescue me from these unjust liars.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Judge me, O God, and plead my case

against an unfaithful nation.

From a man of deceit and wickedness rescue me,

KJV 1900King James Version

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation:

O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.