Psalm 43-45

Christian Standard Bible

³ Send your light and your truth; let them lead me.^(C)
Let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to your dwelling place.^(D)
4 Then I will come to the altar of God,
to God, my greatest joy.^(E)
I will praise you with the lyre,
God, my God.^(F)

⁵ Why, my soul, are you so dejected?
Why are you in such turmoil?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him,
my Savior and my God.^(G)

⁴ You are my King, my God,
who ordains^[b] victories for Jacob.^(L)
5 Through you we drive back our foes;
through your name we trample our enemies.^(M)
6 For I do not trust in my bow,
and my sword does not bring me victory.^(N)
7 But you give us victory over our foes
and let those who hate us be disgraced.^(O)
8 We boast in God all day long;^(P)
we will praise your name forever.^(Q)Selah

⁹ But you have rejected and humiliated us;
you do not march out with our armies.^(R)
10 You make us retreat from the foe,
and those who hate us
have taken plunder for themselves.^(S)
11 You hand us over to be eaten like sheep
and scatter us among the nations.^(T)
12 You sell your people for nothing;
you make no profit from selling them.^(U)
13 You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.^(V)
14 You make us a joke among the nations,
a laughingstock^[c] among the peoples.^(W)
15 My disgrace is before me all day long,
and shame has covered my face,^(X)
16 because of the taunts^[d] of the scorner and reviler,
because of the enemy and avenger.^(Y)

¹⁷ All this has happened to us,
but we have not forgotten you
or betrayed your covenant.^(Z)
18 Our hearts have not turned back;
our steps have not strayed from your path.^(AA)
19 But you have crushed us in a haunt of jackals
and have covered us with deepest darkness.^(AB)
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God
and spread out our hands to a foreign god,^(AC)
21 wouldn’t God have found this out,
since he knows the secrets of the heart?^(AD)
22 Because of you we are being put to death all day long;
we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.^(AE)

²³ Wake up, Lord! Why are you sleeping?
Get up! Don’t reject us forever!^(AF)
24 Why do you hide
and forget our affliction and oppression?^(AG)
25 For we have sunk down to the dust;
our bodies cling to the ground.^(AH)
26 Rise up! Help us!
Redeem us because of your faithful love.^(AI)

³ Mighty warrior, strap your sword at your side.
In your majesty and splendor^(AN)—
⁴ in your splendor ride triumphantly
in the cause of truth, humility, and justice.
May your right hand show your awe-inspiring acts.^(AO)
5 Your sharpened arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies;
the peoples fall under you.^(AP)

⁶ Your throne,^(AQ) God, is^[f] forever and ever;
the scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.^(AR)
7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness;^(AS)
therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy
more than your companions.
⁸ Myrrh, aloes, and cassia perfume all your garments;
from ivory palaces harps bring you joy.^(AT)
9 Kings’ daughters are among your honored women;^(AU)
the queen, adorned with gold from Ophir,
stands at your right hand.^(AV)

¹⁰ Listen, daughter, pay attention and consider:
Forget your people and your father’s house,^(AW)
11 and the king will desire your beauty.
Bow down to him, for he is your lord.^(AX)
12 The daughter of Tyre, the wealthy people,
will seek your favor with gifts.^(AY)

¹³ In her chamber, the royal daughter is all glorious,
her clothing embroidered with gold.^(AZ)
14 In colorful garments she is led to the king;
after her, the virgins, her companions, are brought to you.^(BA)
15 They are led in with gladness and rejoicing;
they enter the king’s palace.^(BB)

¹⁶ Your sons will succeed your ancestors;
you will make them princes throughout the land.^(BC)
17 I will cause your name to be remembered for all generations;
therefore the peoples will praise you forever and ever.^(BD)