Psalms 43 (GNV)

Chapter Text

43:1 Judge me, O God, and defend my cause against the vnmercifull people: deliuer mee from the deceitfull and wicked man.

43:2 For thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou put me away? why goe I so mourning, when the enemie oppresseth me?

43:3 Sende thy light and thy trueth: let them leade mee: let them bring mee vnto thine holy Mountaine and to thy Tabernacles.

43:4 Then wil I go vnto the altar of God, euen vnto the God of my ioy and gladnes: and vpon the harpe wil I giue thanks vnto thee, O God, my God.

43:5 Why art thou cast downe, my soule? and why art thou disquieted within mee? waite on God: for I will yet giue him thankes, he is my present helpe, and my God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "judge", "defend", "cause", "against", "vnmercifull", "people", and "deliuer". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "judge", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local GNV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "light" and "judge" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "light" and "judge" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.