Psalm 43
Often considered a continuation of Psalm 42, this psalm is a fervent plea for God's vindication and guidance. The psalmist seeks deliverance from wicked oppressors and restoration to God's holy dwelling. It is prayed when seeking justice, divine guidance, or when longing for spiritual restoration and comfort.
Comfort
Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, to your tents.
1 Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
2 For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, to your tents.
4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
5 Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.
Hebrew numbering, the one used in most Bibles and searches. In Catholic liturgy (Greek numbering) this psalm may appear one number lower between 10 and 147.