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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!

Psalm 43[a]

Vindicate me, my God,
    and plead my cause(A)
    against an unfaithful nation.
Rescue me(B) from those who are
    deceitful and wicked.(C)
You are God my stronghold.
    Why have you rejected(D) me?
Why must I go about mourning,(E)
    oppressed by the enemy?(F)
Send me your light(G) and your faithful care,(H)
    let them lead me;(I)
let them bring me to your holy mountain,(J)
    to the place where you dwell.(K)
Then I will go(L) to the altar(M) of God,
    to God, my joy(N) and my delight.(O)
I will praise you with the lyre,(P)
    O God, my God.

Why, my soul, are you downcast?
    Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
    for I will yet praise him,
    my Savior and my God.(Q)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 43:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.

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