Psalm 43

    1Declare me innocent, O God!

       Defend me against these ungodly people.

       Rescue me from these unjust liars.

    2For you are God, my only safe haven.

       Why have you tossed me aside?

   Why must I wander around in grief,

       oppressed by my enemies?

    3Send out your light and your truth;

       let them guide me.

   Let them lead me to your holy mountain,

       to the place where you live.

    4There I will go to the altar of God,

       to God—the source of all my joy.

   I will praise you with my harp,

       O God, my God!

    5Why am I discouraged?

       Why is my heart so sad?

   I will put my hope in God!

       I will praise him again—

       my Savior and my God!