Psalms 43

Theme: Hope in a time of discouragement. In the face of discouragement, our only hope is in God.

Author: The sons of Korah (Temple assistants). Psalms 42 and 43 are one psalm in many Hebrew manuscripts.

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

2For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? +

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

4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. +

5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.