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title: Psalms 43 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees
description: Psalms chapter 43 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Be Thou my judge, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
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# Psalms 43

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5 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence.

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- [43:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.43.1/) — שָׁפְטֵנִי אֱלֹהִים ׀ וְרִיבָה רִיבִי מִגּוֹי לֹא־חָסִיד מֵאִישׁ־מִרְמָה וְעַוְלָה תְפַלְּטֵֽנִי׃ — Be Thou my judge, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
- [43:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.43.2/) — כִּֽי־אַתָּה ׀ אֱלֹהֵי מָֽעוּזִּי לָמָה זְנַחְתָּנִי לָֽמָּה־קֹדֵר אֶתְהַלֵּךְ בְּלַחַץ אוֹיֵֽב׃ — For Thou art the God of my strength; why hast Thou cast me off? Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?
- [43:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.43.3/) — שְׁלַח־אוֹרְךָ וַאֲמִתְּךָ הֵמָּה יַנְחוּנִי יְבִיאוּנִי אֶל־הַֽר־קָדְשְׁךָ וְאֶל־מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ — O send out Thy light and Thy truth; let them lead me; let them bring me unto Thy holy mountain, and to Thy dwelling-places.
- [43:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.43.4/) — וְאָבוֹאָה ׀ אֶל־מִזְבַּח אֱלֹהִים אֶל־אֵל שִׂמְחַת גִּילִי וְאוֹדְךָ בְכִנּוֹר אֱלֹהִים אֱלֹהָֽי׃ — Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God, my exceeding joy; and praise Thee upon the harp, O God, my God.
- [43:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.43.5/) — מַה־תִּשְׁתּוֹחֲחִי ׀ נַפְשִׁי וּֽמַה־תֶּהֱמִי עָלָי הוֹחִילִי לֵֽאלֹהִים כִּי־עוֹד אוֹדֶנּוּ יְשׁוּעֹת פָּנַי וֵֽאלֹהָֽי׃ — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why moanest thou within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise Him, the salvation of my countenance, and my God.

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