Psalms 43

1Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.

1Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,

2You are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

2For thou <FI>art<Fi> the God of my strength. Why hast Thou cast me off? Why mourning do I go up and down, In the oppression of an enemy?

3O send out your light and your true word; let them be my guide: let them take me to your holy hill, and to your tents.

3Send forth Thy light and Thy truth, They--they lead me, they bring me in, Unto Thy holy hill, and unto Thy tabernacles.

4Then I will go up to the altar of God, to the God of my joy; I will be glad and give praise to you on an instrument of music, O God, my God.

4And I go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, the joy of my rejoicing. And I thank Thee with a harp, O God, my God.

5Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

5What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!