A manual of the book of Psalms · Martin Luther
PSALM XLIII.
_David praying to be restored to the temple, promiseth to serve God joyfully.—He encourageth his soul to trust in God._ Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. 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? O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 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. 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. This Psalm is of the same purport as the preceding; and David uses almost the same expressions. He desires to go into the house of God in the light and truth of God: that is, he desires to be comforted, under his distress and temptation, by the word of God.
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