Psalms 43

1 Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.

Bring me justice, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation.

2 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?

For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go about in mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

3 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.

Oh, send out your light and your truth, let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling.

4 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.

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy. I will praise you with the harp, God, my God.

5 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.

Why are you bowed down, my soul? Why are you upset within me? Hope in God, for again I will praise him who is my salvation and my God.