Psalms 43
A plea for vindication and longing for God's altar (continued)
שָׁפְטֵנִי אֱלֹהִים׀ וְרִיבָה רִיבִי מִגּוֹי לֹא-חָסִיד מֵאִישׁ מִרְמָה וְעַוְלָה תְפַלְּטֵֽנִי׃
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
כִּֽי-אַתָּה׀ אֱלֹהֵי מָֽעוּזִּי לָמָה זְנַחְתָּנִי לָֽמָּה-קֹדֵר אֶתְהַלֵּךְ בְּלַחַץ אוֹיֵֽב׃
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?
שְׁלַח-אוֹרְךָ וַאֲמִתְּךָ הֵמָּה יַנְחוּנִי יְבִיאוּנִי אֶל-הַֽר-קָדְשְׁךָ וְאֶל-מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
וְאָבוֹאָה׀ אֶל-מִזְבַּח אֱלֹהִים אֶל-אֵל שִׂמְחַת גִּילִי וְאוֹדְךָ בְכִנּוֹר אֱלֹהִים אֱלֹהָֽי׃
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.
מַה-תִּשְׁתּוֹחֲחִי׀ נַפְשִׁי וּֽמַה-תֶּהֱמִי עָלָי הוֹחִילִי לֵֽאלֹהִים כִּי-עוֹד אוֹדֶנּוּ יְשׁוּעֹת פָּנַי וֵֽאלֹהָֽי׃
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.