流亡异乡者的祷告

43 上帝啊,
求你为我伸张正义,
在不虔敬的人面前为我辩护,
救我脱离诡诈邪恶的人。
你是保护我的上帝,
你为何丢弃我?
为何让我受仇敌的攻击,
使我哀伤不已呢?
求你以光明和真理引导我,
领我到你的圣山,到你的居所。
我要到上帝的祭坛前,
到赐我喜乐的上帝面前。
上帝啊,我的上帝,
我要弹琴赞美你。
我的心啊!
你为何沮丧?为何烦躁?
要仰望上帝,
因为我还要赞美祂——我的救主,我的上帝。

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

For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

43 ¡Declárame inocente, oh Dios!
    Defiéndeme contra esta gente que vive sin ti;
    rescátame de estos mentirosos injustos.
Pues tú eres Dios, mi único refugio seguro.
    ¿Por qué me hiciste a un lado?
¿Por qué tengo que andar angustiado,
    oprimido por mis enemigos?
Envía tu luz y tu verdad,
    que ellas me guíen.
Que me lleven a tu monte santo,
    al lugar donde vives.
Allí iré al altar de Dios,
    a Dios mismo, la fuente de toda mi alegría.
Te alabaré con mi arpa,
    ¡oh Dios, mi Dios!

¿Por qué estoy desanimado?
    ¿Por qué está tan triste mi corazón?
¡Pondré mi esperanza en Dios!
    Nuevamente lo alabaré,
    ¡mi Salvador y mi Dios!

Prayer to God in Time of Trouble

43 Vindicate (A)me, O God,
And (B)plead my cause against an ungodly nation;
Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!
For You are the God of my strength;
Why do You cast me off?
(C)Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

(D)Oh, send out Your light and Your truth!
Let them lead me;
Let them bring me to (E)Your holy hill
And to Your [a]tabernacle.
Then I will go to the altar of God,
To God my exceeding joy;
And on the harp I will praise You,
O God, my God.

(F)Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God;
For I shall yet praise Him,
The [b]help of my countenance and my God.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 43:3 dwelling places
  2. Psalm 43:5 Lit. salvation