Psalm 43
The full text of Psalm 43 in the Trinity Bible Version — clear modern English, translated from the original Hebrew. Free to read.
1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause
against an ungodly people,
from the deceitful and unjust man
deliver me!
2 For you are the God in whom I take refuge;
why have you rejected me?
Why do I go about mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 Send out your light and your truth;
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy hill
and to your dwelling!
4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the lyre,
O God, my God.
5 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.
Translation notes (1)
- Psalm 43:5a This refrain appears three times (Psalm 42:5, 42:11, 43:5), binding Psalms 42 and 43 into a single poem; Psalm 43 lacks a superscription, and some Hebrew manuscripts transmit the two as one psalm. The Hebrew tishtochachi, 'are you cast down', pictures the soul bowed low, answered each time by the summons to hope.
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