Psalms 43 WEB
Summary: Widely read as the concluding third stanza of Psalm 42 (it lacks its own heading and shares its refrain), Psalm 43 pleads for God to "vindicate me" against an "ungodly" and "deceitful" nation (v. 1) and to act as advocate in what reads like a legal dispute. Its central request asks for guided pilgrimage back to worship, "send out your light and your truth; let them lead me... to your dwelling!" (v. 3), envisioning renewed access to the altar and the joy of praise with the lyre. It closes with the same self-address as Psalm 42, urging the downcast soul to hope in God (v. 5).
1Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
2For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, to your tents.
4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
5Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.
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