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Psalm 43
New International Version

### Psalm 43[a]

1 Vindicate me, my God,
and plead my cause(A)
against an unfaithful nation.
Rescue me(B) from those who are
deceitful and wicked.(C)
2 You are God my stronghold.
Why have you rejected(D) me?
Why must I go about mourning,(E)
oppressed by the enemy?(F)
3 Send me your light(G) and your faithful care,(H)
let them lead me;(I)
let them bring me to your holy mountain,(J)
to the place where you dwell.(K)
4 Then I will go(L) to the altar(M) of God,
to God, my joy(N) and my delight.(O)
I will praise you with the lyre,(P)
O God, my God.

5 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.(Q)

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 43:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 43:1 : S Jdg 6:31
2. Psalm 43:1 : S Ps 25:20
3. Psalm 43:1 : S Ps 36:3; 109:2
4. Psalm 43:2 : Ps 44:9; 74:1; 88:14; 89:38
5. Psalm 43:2 : S Ps 35:14
6. Psalm 43:2 : S Ps 42:9
7. Psalm 43:3 : Ps 27:1
8. Psalm 43:3 : S Ps 26:3
9. Psalm 43:3 : S Ps 25:5
10. Psalm 43:3 : Ps 2:6
11. Psalm 43:3 : S 2Sa 15:25
12. Psalm 43:4 : S Ps 42:2
13. Psalm 43:4 : Ps 26:6; 84:3
14. Psalm 43:4 : S Ps 21:6
15. Psalm 43:4 : Ps 16:3
16. Psalm 43:4 : S Ge 4:21
17. Psalm 43:5 : S Ps 42:6

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