Psalm 43:1
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.

Young's Literal Translation
Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,

King James Bible
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Hebrew
Vindicate me,
שָׁפְטֵ֤נִי (šā·p̄ə·ṭê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

O God,
אֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

and plead
וְרִ֘יבָ֤ה (wə·rî·ḇāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend

my case
רִיבִ֗י (rî·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7379: Strife, dispute

against an ungodly
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

nation;
מִגּ֥וֹי (mig·gō·w)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

deliver me
תְפַלְּטֵֽנִי׃ (ṯə·p̄al·lə·ṭê·nî)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 6403: To slip out, escape, to deliver

from deceitful
מִרְמָ֖ה (mir·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4820: Deceit, treachery

and unjust
וְעַוְלָ֣ה (wə·‘aw·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5766: Injustice, unrighteousness

men.
מֵ֤אִישׁ־ (mê·’îš-)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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