Psalms 43

Berean Standard Bible

Chapter summary

The psalmist appeals to God to vindicate him and deliver him from an ungodly, deceitful, and unjust nation and from the oppression of the enemy. He questions why God has rejected him and why he must walk in sorrow as a refuge in whom he trusts. He asks God to send His light and truth to lead him to His holy mountain and dwelling place. Upon arriving, he declares that he will go to the altar of God to praise Him with the harp, addressing Him as his greatest joy and his God. Finally, the psalmist questions his own downcast and uneasy soul, urging it to put its hope in God because he will yet praise Him as his Savior and his God.

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¹Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men. ²For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression? ³Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain and to the place where You dwell. ⁴Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God. ⁵Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

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