Dee 43 Psalm

Doo mie rejchte, O Gott, un doo fa mie ennstone jäajen ne Natsjoon dee nijch jetlijch es, rad mie fonn däm Lestfola un onnjerajchta Maun.

Dan bloos du best dee Gott fonn miene Krauft; wuaromm deist du mie wajch schmiete? Wuraomm doo ekj dän dachäwa truare äwa daut Älend fonn daen Fient?

O schekj dien Lijcht un diene Woarheit erut; lot dän mie leide un mie no dien Heilja Boajch brinje, un no diene Fesaumlunjs Staed.

Dan woa ekj no Gott sien Aultoa gone, no Gott dee miene Freid un Fejneaje es; Jo, ekj woa die met dee Hoap danke, O Gott mien Gott.

O miene Seel, wuaromm best du doljeschloage enn mie, un deist Stäne enn mie? Dan ekj woa am noch preise, dee Radunk fa mien Jesejcht un mien Gott.

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

A Prayer for Rescue

43 Judge me, O God, and plead my case
against[a] an unfaithful[b] nation.
From a man of deceit and wickedness rescue me,
because you are the God of my refuge.
Why have you rejected me?
Why must I go about mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?
Send your light and your truth;
they shall lead[c] me.
They shall bring me to your holy mountain[d]
and to your dwelling places.
Then[e] I will go to the altar of God,
to God, my surpassing joy,[f]
and I will praise you with lyre,
O God, my God.
Why are you in despair,[g] O my soul?
And why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God, because I will again praise him,
my salvation[h] and my God.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 43:1 Or “because of”
  2. Psalm 43:1 Or “disloyal”
  3. Psalm 43:3 Or “let them lead”
  4. Psalm 43:3 Literally “the mountain of your holiness”
  5. Psalm 43:4 Or “And”
  6. Psalm 43:4 Literally “the joy of my gladness”
  7. Psalm 43:5 Literally “bowed down”
  8. Psalm 43:5 Hebrew “the salvation of my face”