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