Psalm 43
American Standard Version
Prayer for deliverance.
43 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation:
Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
2 For thou art the God of my strength; why hast thou cast me off?
Why go I mourning [a]because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 Oh send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me:
Let them bring me unto thy holy hill,
And to thy tabernacles.
4 Then will I go unto the altar of God,
Unto God [b]my exceeding joy;
And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
And why art thou disquieted within me?
Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him,
Who is the help of my countenance, and my God.
Footnotes
- Psalm 43:2 Or, while the enemy oppresseth
- Psalm 43:4 Hebrew the gladness of my joy.
Psalm 43
Lexham English Bible
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,
2 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?
3 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.
4 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.
5 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
- Psalm 43:1 Or “because of”
- Psalm 43:1 Or “disloyal”
- Psalm 43:3 Or “let them lead”
- Psalm 43:3 Literally “the mountain of your holiness”
- Psalm 43:4 Or “And”
- Psalm 43:4 Literally “the joy of my gladness”
- Psalm 43:5 Literally “bowed down”
- Psalm 43:5 Hebrew “the salvation of my face”
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