Psalm 43
“1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O
deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. 2 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? 3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let
them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy
tabernacles. 4 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. 5
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.” (Psalms 43:1-5 AV)
Psalm 42
“1 [To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.]
As the
hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O
God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come
and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while
they continually say unto me, Where [is] thy God? 4 When I remember
these [things], I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the
multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy
and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. 5 Why art thou cast
down, O my soul? and [why] art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God:
for I shall yet praise him [for] the help of his countenance.”
“6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember
thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves
and thy billows are gone over me. 8 [Yet] the LORD will command his
lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song [shall be] with
me, [and] my prayer unto the God of my life. 9 I will say unto God my
rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the
oppression of the enemy? 10 [As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies
reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God? 11 Why
art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me?
hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my
countenance, and my God.” (Psalms 42:1-11 AV)
Psalm 41
“1 [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]
Blessed [is] he that
considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. 2
The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be
blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of
his enemies. 3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing:
thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. 4 I said, LORD, be merciful
unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.”
“5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name
perish? 6 And if he come to see [me], he speaketh vanity: his heart
gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it]. 7
All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise
my hurt. 8 An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him: and
[now] that he lieth he shall rise up no more. 9 Yea, mine own familiar
friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up
[his] heel against me. 10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and
raise me up, that I may requite them. 11 By this I know that thou
favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. 12 And as for
me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face
for ever. 13 Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and
to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.” (Psalms 41:1-13 AV)
