Psa 43 | LEB | STEP | Judge me, O God, and plead my case against an unfaithful nation. From a man of deceit and wickedness rescue me,

Psalms 43

A Prayer for Rescue

1 Judge me, O God, and plead my case
against ^{▼▼Or “because of”} an unfaithful ^{▼▼Or “disloyal”} nation.
From a man of deceit and wickedness rescue me,
2 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?
3 Send your light and your truth;
they shall lead ^{▼▼Or “let them lead”} me.
They shall bring me to ⌞your holy mountain⌟ ^{▼▼Literally “the mountain of your holiness”}
and to your dwelling places.
4 Then ^{▼▼Or “And”} I will go to the altar of God,
to God, ⌞my surpassing joy⌟, ^{▼▼Literally “the joy of my gladness”}
and I will praise you with lyre,
O God, my God.
5 Why are you ⌞in despair⌟, ^{▼▼Literally “bowed down”} O my soul?
And why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God, because I will again praise him,
⌞my salvation⌟ ^{▼▼Hebrew “the salvation of my face”} and my God.