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World English Bible

Psalm 43 (WEBP)

[1] Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
[2] For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
[3] Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, to your tents.
[4] Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
[5] Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 43 (KJVS)

[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.

Psalm 43:1a Or, unmerciful
Psalm 43:1b Heb. from a man of deceit, and iniquity
Psalm 43:4 Heb. the gladness of my joy

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 43 (BYZ)

[1] Ψαλμὸς () τῷ () Δαυιδ. () Κρῖνόν () με, () ὁ () θεός, () καὶ () δίκασον τὴν () δίκην () μου () ἐξ () ἔθνους () οὐχ () ὁσίου, () ἀπὸ () ἀνθρώπου () ἀδίκου () καὶ () δολίου () ῥῦσαί () με. ()
[2] Ὅτι () σὺ () εἶ, () ὁ () θεός, () κραταίωμά μου· () ἵνα () τί () ἀπώσω () με; () Καὶ () ἵνα () τί () σκυθρωπάζων πορεύομαι () ἐν () τῷ () ἐκθλίβειν τὸν () ἐχθρόν () μου; ()
[3] Ἐξαπόστειλον () τὸ () φῶς () σου () καὶ () τὴν () ἀλήθειάν () σου· () αὐτά () με () ὡδήγησαν () καὶ () ἤγαγόν () με () εἰς () ὄρος () ἅγιόν σου () καὶ () εἰς () τὰ () σκηνώματά () σου. ()
[4] Καὶ () εἰσελεύσομαι () πρὸς () τὸ () θυσιαστήριον () τοῦ () θεοῦ () πρὸς () τὸν () θεὸν () τὸν () εὐφραίνοντα () τὴν () νεότητά () μου· () ἐξομολογήσομαί () σοι () ἐν () κιθάρᾳ, () ὁ () θεὸς () ὁ () θεός () μου. ()
[5] Ἵνα () τί () περίλυπος () εἶ, () ψυχή, () καὶ () ἵνα () τί () συνταράσσεις με; () Ἔλπισον () ἐπὶ () τὸν () θεόν, () ὅτι () ἐξομολογήσομαι () αὐτῷ· () σωτήριον () τοῦ () προσώπου () μου () ὁ () θεός () μου. ()

Psalm 43:1 Originally verse 42:1.
Psalm 43:2 Originally verse 42:2.
Psalm 43:3 Originally verse 42:3.
Psalm 43:4 Originally verse 42:4.
Psalm 43:5 Originally verse 42:5.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.