43:1 Vindicate me, O God!
Fight for me 2 against an ungodly nation!
Deliver me 3 from deceitful and evil men! 4
43:2 For you are the God who shelters me. 5
Why do you reject me? 6
Why must I walk around 7 mourning 8
because my enemies oppress me?
43:3 Reveal 9 your light 10 and your faithfulness!
They will lead me, 11
they will escort 12 me back to your holy hill, 13
and to the place where you live. 14
43:4 Then I will go 15 to the altar of God,
to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, 16
so that I express my thanks to you, 17 O God, my God, with a harp.
43:5 Why are you depressed, 18 O my soul? 19
Why are you upset? 20
Wait for God!
For I will again give thanks
to my God for his saving intervention. 21