Psalm 43

Psalm 43

Prayer to God in Time of Trouble

¹Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause

against an ungodly people;

from those who are deceitful and unjust,

deliver me!^*

²For you are the God in whom I take refuge;

why have you cast me off?

Why must I walk about mournfully

because of the oppression of the enemy?^*

³O send out your light and your truth;

let them lead me;

let them bring me to your holy hill

and to your dwelling.^*

⁴Then I will go to the altar of God,

to God my exceeding joy,

and I will praise you with the harp,

O God, my God.^*

⁵Why are you cast down, O my soul,

and why are you disquieted within me?

Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,

my help and my God.^*