Psalm 43
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Psalm 43[1]
1 Judge me, O God[2], and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me[3] from the deceitful and unjust man.
2 For thou art the God of my strength[4]: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill[5], and to thy tabernacles.[6]
4 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.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul?[7] and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance,[8] and my God.[9]
Footnotes
- â This is one of the shortest psalms.
- â Psa 7:8
- â Psa 59:2
- â Psa 28:7, Isa 26:4
- â Psa 2:6, Psa 3:4
- â Although today a "tabernacle" is a place of worship, in biblical usage it can mean a movable shelter for habitation, built with thin construction.
- â Psa 42:5, Psa 42:11
- â "the health of my countenance" is also translated as "my salvation".
- â This final verse echoes 42:5 and 11.