Psalms 43

Psalm 43#sn Psalm 43. Many medieval Hebrew mss combine Psalm 43 and Psalm 42 into one psalm. Psalm 43 is the only psalm in Book 2 of the Psalter (Psalms 42-72) that does not have a heading, suggesting that it was originally the third and concluding section of Psalm 42. Ps 43:5 is identical to the refrain in Ps 42:11 and almost identical to the refrain in Ps 42:5.

1Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men!

2For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?

3Reveal your light and your faithfulness! They will lead me, they will escort me back to your holy hill, and to the place where you live.

4Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp.

5Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.