< Psalms 43 >

1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against a profane nation. O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
2 For thou are the God of my strength. Why have thou cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
3 O send out thy light and thy truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.
4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise thee upon the harp, O God, my God.
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
5 Why are thou cast down, O my soul? And why are thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, the help of my countenance, and my God.
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

< Psalms 43 >