USB ~ Psalms 43

1 Grant me justice, O God; defend me from a faithless people; from the deceitful and unjust rescue me. a

2 You, O God, are my strength. Why then do you spurn me? Why must I go about mourning, with the enemy oppressing me?

3 bSend your light and your fidelity,† that they may be my guide; c Let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place of your dwelling,

4 That I may come to the altar of God, to God, my joy, my delight. Then I will praise you with the harp, O God, my God.

5 Why are you downcast, my soul? Why do you groan within me? Wait for God, for I shall again praise him, my savior and my God.

Footnotes

†. 43:3 Your light and your fidelity: a pair of divine attributes personified as guides for the pilgrimage. As in Ps 42:9 the psalmist prays that these divine attributes lead him back to Jerusalem and ultimately to God’s presence in the Temple.

43:1 Ps 119:154.
43:3 Ps 18:29; 27:1; 36:10; Mi 7:8.
43:3 Ps 122:1.