Psalm 43

Prayer to God in Time of Trouble

¹ Vindicate me, O God,
 And plead my cause against an ungodly nation;
 Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!
² For You are the God of my strength;
 Why do You cast me off?
 Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
³ Oh, send out Your light and Your truth!
 Let them lead me;
 Let them bring me to Your holy hill
 And to Your tabernacle.
⁴ Then I will go to the altar of God,
 To God my exceeding joy;
 And on the harp I will praise You,
 O God, my God.
⁵ Why are you cast down, O my soul?
 And why are you disquieted within me?
 Hope in God;
 For I shall yet praise Him,
 The help of my countenance and my God.