Psalm 43

₁Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause

against an ungodly people,

from the deceitful and unjust man

deliver me!

₂For you are the God in whom I take refuge;

why have you rejected me?

Why do I go about mourning

because of the oppression of the enemy?

₃Send out your light and your truth;

let them lead me;

let them bring me to your holy hill

and to your dwelling!

₄Then I will go to the altar of God,

to God my exceeding joy,

and I will praise you with the lyre,

O God, my God.

₅Why are you cast down, O my soul,

and why are you in turmoil within me?

Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,

my salvation and my God.