Psalm 43

This article is about Psalm 43 in Hebrew (Masoretic) numbering. For Psalm 43 in Greek Septuagint or Latin Vulgate numbering, see Psalm 44.
Psalm 43
"Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation"
Beginning of Psalm 43 in a German Kurfürstenbibel from 1768
Other name
  • Psalm 42
  • "Iudica me Deus"
LanguageHebrew (original)

Psalm 43 is the 43rd psalm of the Book of Psalms, known in the English King James Version as "Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 42. In Latin, it is known as "Iudica me Deus".[1] It is commonly attributed to the sons of Korah. In the Hebrew Bible, it comes within the second of the five books (divisions) of Psalms,[2] also known as the "Elohistic Psalter" because the word YHWH is rarely used and God is generally referred to as "Elohim".[3]

The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies.

  1. ^ "Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 42 (43)". Archived from the original on 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  2. ^ "Book 2: Chapters 42–72". Chabad.org. 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  3. ^ Rodd, C. S., 18. Psalms in Barton, J. and Muddiman, J. (2001), The Oxford Bible Commentary Archived 2017-11-22 at the Wayback Machine, p. 360