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Psalm 43

Prayer to God in Time of Trouble

 1  Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause
         against an ungodly people;
     from those who are deceitful and unjust
         deliver me!
 2  For you are the God in whom I take refuge;
         why have you cast me off ?
     Why must I walk about mournfully
         because of the oppression of the enemy?

 3  O send out your light and your truth;
         let them lead me;
     let them bring me to your holy hill
         and to your dwelling.
 4  Then I will go to the altar of God,
         to God my exceeding joy;
     and I will praise you with the harp,
         O God, my God.

 5  Why are you cast down, O my soul,
         and why are you disquieted within me?
     Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
         my help and my God.

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