Prayer for Deliverance.
43 (A)Vindicate me, O God, and (B)plead my case against an ungodly nation;
[a]O deliver me from (C)the deceitful and unjust man!
2 For You are the (D)God of my strength; why have You (E)rejected me?
Why do I go (F)mourning [b]because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 O send out Your (G)light and Your truth, let them lead me;
Let them bring me to Your (H)holy hill
And to Your (I)dwelling places.
4 Then I will go to (J)the altar of God,
To God [c]my exceeding (K)joy;
And upon the (L)lyre I shall praise You, O God, my God.
5 (M)Why are you [d]in despair, O my soul?
And why are you disturbed within me?
[e]Hope in God, for I shall [f]again praise Him,
The [g]help of my countenance and my God.
Footnotes
- Psalm 43:1 Or May You
- Psalm 43:2 Or while the enemy oppresses
- Psalm 43:4 Lit the gladness of my joy
- Psalm 43:5 Or sunk down
- Psalm 43:5 Or Wait for
- Psalm 43:5 Or still
- Psalm 43:5 Or saving acts of
Cross references
- Psalm 43:1 : Ps 26:1; 35:24
- Psalm 43:1 : 1 Sam 24:15; Ps 35:1
- Psalm 43:1 : Ps 5:6; 38:12
- Psalm 43:2 : Ps 18:1; 28:7; 31:4
- Psalm 43:2 : Ps 44:9; 88:14
- Psalm 43:2 : Ps 42:9
- Psalm 43:3 : Ps 36:9
- Psalm 43:3 : Ps 2:6; 3:4; 42:4; 46:4
- Psalm 43:3 : Ps 84:1
- Psalm 43:4 : Ps 26:6
- Psalm 43:4 : Ps 21:6
- Psalm 43:4 : Ps 33:2; 49:4; 57:8; 71:22
- Psalm 43:5 : Ps 42:5, 11