Psalms 105:13

105:13 they wandered from nation to nation,

and from one kingdom to another. ¹ 

Psalms 43:1

Psalm 43 ² 

43:1 Vindicate me, O God!

Fight for me ³  against an ungodly nation!

Deliver me ⁴  from deceitful and evil men! ⁵ 

Psalms 83:4

83:4 They say, “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! ⁶ 

Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”

[105:13]  ¹ tn Heb “and from a kingdom to another nation.”

[43:1]  ² sn Psalm 43. Many medieval Hebrew mss combine Psalm 43 and Psalm 42 into one psalm. Psalm 43 is the only psalm in Book 2 of the Psalter (Psalms 42-72) that does not have a heading, suggesting that it was originally the third and concluding section of Psalm 42. Ps 43:5 is identical to the refrain in Ps 42:11 and almost identical to the refrain in Ps 42:5.

[43:1]  ³ tn Or “argue my case.”

[43:1]  ⁴ tn The imperfect here expresses a request or wish. Note the imperatives in the first half of the verse. See also v. 3.

[43:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “from the deceitful and evil man.” The Hebrew text uses the singular form “man” in a collective sense, as the reference to a “nation” in the parallel line indicates.

[83:4]  ³ tn Heb “we will cause them to disappear from [being] a nation.”