Read Psalm 43
Guided question at the bottom.
Vindicate me, my God,
and plead my cause
against an unfaithful nation.
Rescue me from those who are
deceitful and wicked.
2You are God my stronghold.
Why have you rejected me?
Why must I go about mourning,
oppressed by the enemy?
3Send me your light and your faithful care,
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to the place where you dwell.
4Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God, my joy and my delight.
I will praise you with the lyre,
O God, my God.
5Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
Questions
How does this psalm relate to Psalm 42? Why do you think they might have been originally one psalm?
How does this psalm relate to Psalm 42? Why do you think they might have been originally one psalm?
What does “light and truth” represent in verse 3? How do these guide in our relationship with God?
How can we encourage ourselves in the Lord like the psalmist does in 42:11 & 43:5?
Take time to reread Psalm 42 & 43 together as one psalm. How does this impact your understanding of it?