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MSS constitute Psalms 42 and 43 as a single psalm.">a</a></span> You be my judge,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="43:1 Lit. Judge me">b</a></span> God,</p> <p class="poetry2">and plead my case against an unholy nation;</p> <p class="poetry2">rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/43-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Since you are the God who strengthens me,</p> <p class="poetry2">why have you forsaken me?</p> <p class="poetry2">Why do I go around mourning under the enemy’s oppression?”</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/43-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Send forth your light and your truth</p> <p class="poetry2">so they may guide me.</p> <p class="poetry2">Let them bring me to your holy mountain and to your dwelling places.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="43:3 Or tents">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/43-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then I will approach the altar of God,</p> <p class="poetry2">even to God in whom my joy finds its source.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="43:4 Lit. God who is the gladness of my joy">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Then I will praise you with the lyre,</p> <p class="poetry2">God, my God,</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/43-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Why are you in despair, my soul?</p> <p class="poetry2">Why are you disturbed within me?</p> <p class="poetry2">Hope in God,</p> <p class="poetry2">because I will praise him once again,</p> <p class="poetry2">since his presence saves me</p> <p class="poetry2">and he is my God.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 43:1 Some Heb. 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