Psalms 43: 1 - 45: 17
| 1Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. |
| Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men. |
| 2For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? |
| Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? |
| 3Oh, send out your light and your truth. |
| Let them lead me. |
| Let them bring me to your holy hill, |
| to your tents. |
| 4Then I will go to the altar of God, |
| to God, my exceeding joy. |
| I will praise you on the harp, God, my God. |
| 5Why are you in despair, my soul? |
| Why are you disturbed within me? |
| Hope in God! |
| For I shall still praise him: |
| my Saviour, my helper, and my God. |
| For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm. |
| 1We have heard with our ears, God; |
| our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, |
| in the days of old. |
| 2You drove out the nations with your hand, |
| but you planted them. |
| You afflicted the peoples, |
| but you spread them abroad. |
| 3For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, |
| neither did their own arm save them; |
| but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, |
| because you were favourable to them. |
| 4God, you are my King. |
| Command victories for Jacob! |
| 5Through you, we will push down our adversaries. |
| Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us. |
| 6For I will not trust in my bow, |
| neither will my sword save me. |
| 7But you have saved us from our adversaries, |
| and have shamed those who hate us. |
| 8In God we have made our boast all day long. |
| We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah. |
| 9But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonour, |
| and don’t go out with our armies. |
| 10You make us turn back from the adversary. |
| Those who hate us take plunder for themselves. |
| 11You have made us like sheep for food, |
| and have scattered us amongst the nations. |
| 12You sell your people for nothing, |
| and have gained nothing from their sale. |
| 13You make us a reproach to our neighbours, |
| a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us. |
| 14You make us a byword amongst the nations, |
| a shaking of the head amongst the peoples. |
| 15All day long my dishonour is before me, |
| and shame covers my face, |
| 16at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, |
| because of the enemy and the avenger. |
| 17All this has come on us, |
| yet we haven’t forgotten you. |
| We haven’t been false to your covenant. |
| 18Our heart has not turned back, |
| neither have our steps strayed from your path, |
| 19though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, |
| and covered us with the shadow of death. |
| 20If we have forgotten the name of our God, |
| or spread out our hands to a strange god, |
| 21won’t God search this out? |
| For he knows the secrets of the heart. |
| 22Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. |
| We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter. |
| 23Wake up! |
| Why do you sleep, Lord? |
| Arise! |
| Don’t reject us forever. |
| 24Why do you hide your face, |
| and forget our affliction and our oppression? |
| 25For our soul is bowed down to the dust. |
| Our body clings to the earth. |
| 26Rise up to help us. |
| Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake. |
| For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” A contemplation by the sons of Korah. A wedding song. |
| 1My heart overflows with a noble theme. |
| I recite my verses for the king. |
| My tongue is like the pen of a skilful writer. |
| 2You are the most excellent of the sons of men. |
| Grace has anointed your lips, |
| therefore God has blessed you forever. |
| 3Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: |
| your splendour and your majesty. |
| 4In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. |
| Let your right hand display awesome deeds. |
| 5Your arrows are sharp. |
| The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king’s enemies. |
| 6Your throne, God, is forever and ever. |
| A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of your kingdom. |
| 7You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. |
| Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows. |
| 8All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. |
| Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad. |
| 9Kings’ daughters are amongst your honourable women. |
| At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir. |
| 10Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. |
| Forget your own people, and also your father’s house. |
| 11So the king will desire your beauty, |
| honour him, for he is your lord. |
| 12The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. |
| The rich amongst the people entreat your favour. |
| 13The princess inside is all glorious. |
| Her clothing is interwoven with gold. |
| 14She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. |
| The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you. |
| 15With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led. |
| They shall enter into the king’s palace. |
| 16Your sons will take the place of your fathers. |
| You shall make them princes in all the earth. |
| 17I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. |
| Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever. |
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