Hope in God, part 1. As he grieved and his enemies taunted him, the psalmist, one of the “descendants of Korah,” longed for God like a thirsty deer seeks water (42:1–4). As he pondered his desperate situation, he realized that the only solution was to “hope in God” (42:5, 11). Psalm 43 Hope in God, part 2. In what appears to be a continuation of Psalm 42, the psalmist expressed his feeling that God had forsaken him. He prayed that God’s light and truth would both illuminate and instruct him, allowing