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1 Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
2 For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents.
4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
5 Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.
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Psalms 43 study resources: word-by-word Hebrew interlinear with Strong's numbers, 15 cross-references.
Cross-references in Psalms 43 (15)
- v.3 Psalms 36:9
- v.3 Proverbs 3:5-6
- v.3 John 1:4
- v.3 Psalms 97:11
- v.5 Psalms 42:5
- v.3 Psalms 143:10
- v.4 Isaiah 61:10
- v.4 Habakkuk 3:17-18
- v.3 Psalms 119:105
- v.5 Psalms 42:11
- v.3 Psalms 84:1
- v.1 Psalms 35:1
- v.3 Psalms 25:4-5
- v.3 Psalms 40:11
- v.4 Psalms 66:13-15
Hebrew interlinear — Psalms 43:1–5 (59 words)
1
- שָׁפְטֵ֤נִיšopṭēnîshaphat: to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against)H8199
- אֱלֹהִ֨ים׀ʾĕlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
- וְרִ֘יבָ֤הwĕrîbâriyb: (properly) to toss, i.e. grapple; (mostly figuratively) to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversyH7378
- רִיבִ֗יrîbîriyb: a contest (personal or legal)H7379
- מִגּ֥וֹיmiggôygowy: a foreign nation; (hence) a GentileH1471
- לֹאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- חָסִ֑ידḥāsîdchaciyd: (properly) kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)H2623
- מֵ֤אִישׁmēʾîšiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
- מִרְמָ֖הmirmâmirmah: fraudH4820
- וְעַוְלָ֣הwĕʿawlâ`evel: (moral) evilH5766
- תְפַלְּטֵֽנִי׃tĕpallĕṭēnîpalat: to slip out, i.e. escape; causatively, to deliverH6403
2
- כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- אַתָּ֤ה׀ʾattâattah: thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youH859
- אֱלֹהֵ֣יʾĕlōhêelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
- מָֽעוּזִּי֮māʿûzziyma`owz: a fortified place; (figuratively) a defenceH4581
- לָמָ֪הlāmâmah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
- זְנַ֫חְתָּ֥נִיzĕnaḥtānîzanach: cast away (off), remove far away (off)H2186
- לָֽמָּהlāmmâmah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
- קֹדֵ֥רqōdērqadar: to be ashy, i.e. dark-colored; (by implication) to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)H6937
- אֶתְהַלֵּ֗ךְʾethallēkhalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
- בְּלַ֣חַץbĕlaḥaṣlachats: distressH3906
- אוֹיֵֽב׃ʾôyēboyeb: hating; an adversaryH341
3
- שְׁלַחšĕlaḥshalach: to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)H7971
- אוֹרְךָ֣ʾôrĕkāowr: illumination; (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)H216
- וַ֭אֲמִתְּךָwaʾămittĕkāemeth: stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthinessH571
- הֵ֣מָּהhēmmâhem: they (only used when emphatic)H1992
- יַנְח֑וּנִיyanḥûnînachah: to guide; (by implication) to transport (into exile, or as colonists)H5148
- יְבִיא֥וּנִיyĕbîʾûnîbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
- אֶלʾelel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
- הַֽרharhar: a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)H2022
- קָ֝דְשְׁךָ֗qādĕškāqodesh: a sacred place or thing; (abstract, rarely) sanctityH6944
- וְאֶלwĕʾelel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
- מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃miškĕnôtêkāmishkan: a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the graveH4908
4
- וְאָב֤וֹאָה׀wĕʾābôʾâbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
- אֶלʾelel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
- מִזְבַּ֬חmizbaḥmizbeach: an altarH4196
- אֱלֹהִ֗יםʾĕlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
- אֶלʾelel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
- אֵל֮ʾēlel: strength; (as adjective) mightyH410
- שִׂמְחַ֪תśimḥatsimchah: blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)H8057
- גִּ֫ילִ֥יgîlîgiyl: a revolution (of time, i.e. an age); also joyH1524
- וְאוֹדְךָ֥wĕʾôdĕkāyadah: (literally) to use (i.e. hold out) the handH3034
- בְכִנּ֗וֹרbĕkinnôrkinnowr: a harpH3658
- אֱלֹהִ֥יםʾĕlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
- אֱלֹהָֽי׃ʾĕlōhāyelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
5
- מַהmamah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
- תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י׀tištôḥăḥîshachach: to sink or depress (reflexive or causative)H7817
- נַפְשִׁי֮napšiynephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
- וּֽמַהûmamah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
- תֶּהֱמִ֪יtehĕmîhamah: to make a loud sound like Engl. "hum"); (by implication) to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan...H1993
- עָ֫לָ֥יʿālāy`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- הוֹחִ֣ילִיhôḥîlîyachal: to wait; (by implication) to be patient, hopeH3176
- לֵֽ֭אלֹהִיםlēʾlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
- כִּיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- ע֣וֹדʿôd`owd: (properly) iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly...H5750
- אוֹדֶ֑נּוּʾôdennûyadah: (literally) to use (i.e. hold out) the handH3034
- יְשׁוּעֹ֥תyĕšûʿōtyshuw`ah: something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliveranceH3444
- פָּ֝נַ֗יpānaypaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
- וֵֽאלֹהָֽי׃wēʾlōhāyelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
Strong's words in Psalms 43 (6)
- Strong's H430 — אֱלֹהִ֨ים׀ (ʾĕlōhîm)
- elohiym (el-o-heem') n-m. 1. gods in the ordinary sense 2. but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God 3. occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates 4. and sometimes as a superlative [plural of H433] KJV: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty. Root(s): H433. Appears 7 times in Psalms 43.
- Strong's H4100 — לָמָ֪ה (lāmâ)
- mah (maw) (or mah {mah} or ma {maw}; or ma {mah}; also meh {meh};) p/i. 1. (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?) 2. (also, exclamation) what! (including how!) 3. (indefinitely) what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which) 4. often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses [a primitive particle] KJV: how (long, oft, (- soever)), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.. Appears 4 times in Psalms 43.
- Strong's H3034 — וְאוֹדְךָ֥ (wĕʾôdĕkā)
- yadah (yaw-daw') v. 1. (literally) to use (i.e. hold out) the hand 2. (physically) to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away 3. (especially) to revere or worship (with extended hands) 4. (intensively) to bemoan (by wringing the hands) [a primitive root; used only as denominative from H3027] KJV: cast (out), (make) confess(-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving). Root(s): H3027. Appears 2 times in Psalms 43.
- Strong's H935 — יְבִיא֥וּנִי (yĕbîʾûnî)
- bow' (bo) v. 1. to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) [a primitive root] KJV: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.. Appears 2 times in Psalms 43.
- Strong's H1471 — מִגּ֥וֹי (miggôy)
- gowy (go'-ee) (rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}) n-m. 1. a foreign nation 2. (hence) a Gentile 3. (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts [apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing)] KJV: Gentile, heathen, nation, people. See also: H1465. Appears 1 time in Psalms 43.
- Strong's H1524 — גִּ֫ילִ֥י (gîlî)
- giyl (gheel) n-m. 1. a revolution (of time, i.e. an age) 2. also joy [from H1523] KJV: X exceedingly, gladness, X greatly, joy, rejoice(-ing), sort. Root(s): H1523. Appears 1 time in Psalms 43.