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Psalm 43 is the 43rd psalm of the Book of Psalms, known in the English King James Version as "Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 42.
In Latin, it is known as "Deus stetit in synagoga deorum". [1] It is one of the 12 Psalms of Asaph. [2] The New King James Version describes it as "a plea for justice"; [3] Alexander Kirkpatrick sees it as "a vision of God as the Judge of judges". [4] The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant ...
A theophoric name (from Greek: θεόφορος, theophoros, literally "bearing or carrying a god") [1] [2] embeds the word equivalent of 'god' or God's name in a person's name, reflecting something about the character of the person so named in relation to that deity.
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Refers to the practice in Greek drama of lowering by crane (the mechanê) an actor playing a god or goddess onto the stage to resolve an insuperable conflict in the plot. The device is most commonly associated with Euripides. Deus lux mea est: God is my light: The motto of The Catholic University of America. Deus meumque jus: God and my right
Used before a list of the names of the judges on a panel hearing a particular case. coram Deo: in the presence of God: A phrase from Christian theology which summarizes the idea of Christians living in the presence of, under the authority of, and to the honor and glory of God; see also coram Deo. coram episcopo: in the presence of the bishop
In placing this supplication at the beginning of every canonical hour, the Catholic Church implores the assistance of God against distractions in prayer. In the Roman Rite, the "Deus, in adiutorium" is preceded at Matins by the "Domine, labia mea aperies" ("Open Thou, O L ORD, my lips), whilst in the monastic breviary, the order is reversed.
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