Psalms 43 (YLT)

Chapter Text

43:1 Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,

43:2 For thou <FI>art<Fi> the God of my strength. Why hast Thou cast me off? Why mourning do I go up and down, In the oppression of an enemy?

43:3 Send forth Thy light and Thy truth, They--they lead me, they bring me in, Unto Thy holy hill, and unto Thy tabernacles.

43:4 And I go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, the joy of my rejoicing. And I thank Thee with a harp, O God, my God.

43:5 What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "judge", "plead", "cause", "against", "nation", "pious", and "deceit". 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 YLT 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.