What does Psalm 43:1 mean?

Psalm 43:1 highlights themes such as justice, deliverance, prayer when read in context.

How should I apply Psalm 43:1 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

2For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

3O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

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