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Psalms 43:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

am 2983, bc 1021 (Title), This Psalm is evidently a continuation of the preceding, and had the same author; and they are written as one in forty-six manuscripts The sameness of subject, similarity of composition, and return of the same burden in both, are sufficient evidence of this opinion.

Judge: Psalms 7:8, Psalms 26:1, Psalms 35:24, Psalms 75:7; 1 Corinthians 4:4; 1 Peter 2:23

plead: Psalms 35:1; 1 Samuel 24:15; Proverbs 22:23, Proverbs 23:11; Micah 7:9

ungodly: or, unmerciful

the deceitful: Heb. a man of deceit and iniquity, Psalms 71:4; 2 Samuel 15:31, 2 Samuel 16:20-23, 2 Samuel 17:1-4

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