1Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men. 2For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 3Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents. 4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God. 5Why 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. For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm.
The Book ofPsalms 43Chapter XLIII 43
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Psalms 43 — United Kingdom of Israel
David (traditional) — King of Israel, shepherd-warrior, poet of the soul's struggles. Set in Exile from Jerusalem temple. David feels abandoned by God and cut off from worship at the temple. Enemies mock his faith while he languishes in spiritual darkness, desperately longing to return to God's presence. He fights despair with remembered hope, clinging to the promise that he will praise God again.
“Psalms 43:5”— 43:5
Read when: Read this when you feel spiritually dry and distant from God, but want to fight your way back to hope.
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