Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 43:1

1. JUdge me , O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation : O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man .

Or▪ Iudge, or give Sentence for me, as this Phrase is used, Psal. 26. 1. and elsewhere.

Or, unmerciful, (i. e.) Cruel or inhumane; for it is a Meiosis.

So he calls the Company of his Enemies for their great Numbers, and because they were the far greatest part, and almost the whole Body, of the Nation.

Who covereth his wicked Designs, with fair and false Pretences: Which sort of men are hateful to thee, and to all good Men.

Either Saul: Or rather, Achitophel, or Absalom. For he speaks of the holy Hill of Zion, v. 3. which was not so till after Saul's time. Or, Man may be put Collectively, for the Men of that time.

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