Psalm

A Prayer for Rescue

43 
Judge me, O God, and plead my case

against[a] an unfaithful[b] nation.

From a man of deceit and wickedness rescue me,

because you are the God of my refuge.

Why have you rejected me?

Why must I go about mourning

because of the oppression of the enemy?

Send your light and your truth;

they shall lead[c] me.

They shall bring me to your holy mountain[d]

and to your dwelling places.

Then[e] I will go to the altar of God,

to God, my surpassing joy,[f]

and I will praise you with lyre,

O God, my God.

Why are you in despair,[g] O my soul?

And why are you disturbed within me?

Hope in God, because I will again praise him,

my salvation[h] and my God.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 43:1 Or “because of”
  2. Psalm 43:1 Or “disloyal”
  3. Psalm 43:3 Or “let them lead”
  4. Psalm 43:3 Literally “the mountain of your holiness”
  5. Psalm 43:4 Or “And”
  6. Psalm 43:4 Literally “the joy of my gladness”
  7. Psalm 43:5 Literally “bowed down”
  8. Psalm 43:5 Hebrew “the salvation of my face”