Psalm 43
Psalm 43
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Author: 1650 Scottish Psalter
Musician: Melody from Barton's The Psalmes of David in Metre, Dublin, 1706 (later form)

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   1  Judge me, O God, and plead my cause
         against th' ungodly nation;
      From the unjust and crafty man,
         O be thou my salvation.
   2  For thou the God art of my strength;
         why thrusts thou me thee fro'?
      For th' enemy's opprëssion
         why do I mourning go?

   3  O send thy light forth and thy truth;
         let them be guides to me,
      And bring me to thine holy hill,
         ev'n where thy dwellings be.
   4  Then will I to God's altar go,
         to God my chiefest joy:
      Yea, God, my God, thy name to praise
         my harp I will employ.

   5  Why art thou then cast down, my soul?
         what should discourage thee?
      And why with vexing thoughts art thou
         disquieted in me?
      Still trust in God; for him to praise
         good cause I yet shall have:
      He of my count'nance is the health,
         my God that doth me save.


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BIBLE PASSAGE:

1 ¶ Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
4 Then 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.
5 Why 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.