Psalm 43

A Prayer for Protection

1 God, defend me. Argue my case against those who don’t follow you. Save me from liars and those who do evil.

2 God, you are my strength. Why have you rejected me?
Why am I sad and troubled by my enemies?

3 Send me your light and truth to guide me.
Let them lead me to your holy mountain, to where you live.

4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God who is my joy and happiness.
I will praise you with a harp, God, my God.

5 Why am I so sad? Why am I so upset?
I should put my hope in God and keep praising him, my Savior and my God.

Psalm 43

1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

2 For thou art the God of my strength; why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

3 Oh send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me: Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, And to thy tabernacles.

4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, Unto God my exceeding joy; And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.

5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, Who is the help of my countenance, and my God.