Psalm 43
1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
1 Give sentence with me, O God, and defend my cause against the un- | godly | people; ||
O deliver me from the de- | ceit•ful and | wicked | 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?
2 For thou art the God of my strength; * why hast thou | put me | from thee? ||
and why go I so heavily, | while the | ene•my op- | presseth • me? ||
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.
3 O send out thy light and thy truth, 3 that | they may | lead me, ||
and bring me unto thy holy | hill, and | to thy | dwelling; ||
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.
4 And that I may go unto the altar of God, * even unto the God of my | joy and | gladness; ||
and upon the harp will I give | thanks unto • 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.
5 Why art thou so 3 heavy, | O my | soul? ||
and why art thou | so dis- | quiet•ed with- | in me? ||
6 O put thy | trust in | God; ||
for I will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my | counte•nance, | and my | God. ||
About the Pointing
The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).