New American Standard Bible 2020

Psalms 43

Prayer for Help.

1 1Vindicate me, God, and 2plead my case against an ungodly nation; 3Save me from 4the deceitful and unjust person!2For You are the 5God of my strength; why have You 6rejected me? Why do I go about 7mourning 8because of the oppression of the enemy?

3Send out Your 9light and Your truth, they shall lead me; They shall bring me to Your 10holy hill And to Your 11dwelling places.4Then I will go to 12the altar of God, To God 13my exceeding 14joy; And I will praise You on the 15lyre, God, my God.

5 16Why are you 17in despair, my soul? And why are you restless within me? Wait for God, for I will 18again praise 19Him For the 20help of His presence, my God.

Notes

1. Psalms 43:1 Ps 26:1; 35:24 ↩
2. Psalms 43:1 1 Sam 24:15; Ps 35:1 ↩
3. Psalms 43:1 Or May You ↩
4. Psalms 43:1 Ps 5:6; 38:12 ↩
5. Psalms 43:2 Ps 18:1; 28:7; 31:4 ↩
6. Psalms 43:2 Ps 44:9; 88:14 ↩
7. Psalms 43:2 Ps 42:9 ↩
8. Psalms 43:2 Or while the enemy oppresses ↩
9. Psalms 43:3 Ps 36:9 ↩
10. Psalms 43:3 Ps 2:6; 3:4; 42:4; 46:4 ↩
11. Psalms 43:3 Ps 84:1 ↩
12. Psalms 43:4 Ps 26:6 ↩
13. Psalms 43:4 Lit the gladness of my joy ↩
14. Psalms 43:4 Ps 21:6 ↩
15. Psalms 43:4 Ps 33:2; 49:4; 57:8; 71:22 ↩
16. Psalms 43:5 Ps 42:5, 11 ↩
17. Psalms 43:5 Or dissolved away ↩
18. Psalms 43:5 Or still ↩
19. Psalms 43:5 As in some ancient mss; MT Him, the help of my face and my God ↩
20. Psalms 43:5 Or saving acts of ↩

Prayer for Help.

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Commentaries on Psalms 43