1 Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give understanding.
2 We have heard, O God, with our ears : our fathers have declared to us, The work, thou hast wrought in their days, and in the days of old.
3 Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them : thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.
4 For they got not the possession of the land by their own sword : neither did their own arm save them. But thy right hand and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance : because thou wast pleased with them.
5 Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.
6 Through thee we will push down our enemies with the horn : and through thy name we will despise them that rise up against us.
7 For I will not trust in my bow : neither shall my sword save me.
8 But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us : and hast put them to shame that hate us.
9 In God shall we glory all the day long : and in thy name we will give praise for ever.
10 But now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame : and thou, O God, wilt not go out with our armies.
11 Thou hast made us turn our back to our enemies : and they that hated us plundered for themselves.
12 Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten : thou hast scattered us among the nations.
13 Thou hast sold thy people for no price : and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.
14 Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scoff and derision to them that are round about us.
15 Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles : a shaking of the head among the people.
16 All the day long my shame is before me : and the confusion of my face hath covered me,
17 At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me : at the face of the enemy and persecutor.
18 All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee : and we have not done wickedly in they covenant.
19 And our heart hath not turned back : neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.
20 For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction : and the shadow of death hath covered us.
21 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god :
22 Shall not God search out these things : for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Because for thy sake we are killed all the day long : we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end.
24 Why turnest thou face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble?
25 For our soul is humbled down to the dust : our belly cleaveth to the earth.
26 Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us for thy name's sake.
Versículos relacionados com Psalms, 43:
Psalm 43 presents a prayer of a psalmist who cries to God for help and justice in the midst of a difficult situation. The psalmist expresses his sadness and anguish before his enemies, who mock him and unfairly accuse him. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Psalm 43:
Psalms 42:9 - "I say to God, my rock: 'Why did you forget about me? Why should I go out wandering and oppressed by the enemy?'" The psalmist is crying for God for help, questioning why he seems to have been forgotten and left alone before his enemies.
Psalm 42:11 - "Why are you so sad, O my soul? Why are you so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God! For I will still praise Him; He is my Savior and my God. " The psalmist encourages himself to have hope in God, despite his sadness and anguish.
Psalm 44:24 - "Why do you hide your face and you forget our misery and oppression?" The psalmist wonders why God seems to be absent in his difficult and oppressive situation.
Psalm 35:23-"Awaken, Lord! Get to you, my God! Defend me according to your righteousness, O Lord, my God, do not allow them to triumph over me." The psalmist calls for God for justice and protection against his enemies.
Psalm 55:12-14 - "If it was an enemy who insulted me, I could endure; if it was an adversary who got up against me, I could hide. But you are man like me, my companion, my intimate friend! Together we enjoyed sweet moments; we went with the crowd to the house of God. " The psalmist expresses his sadness in the face of the betrayal of an intimate friend, who has now become an enemy and unfairly accuses him.
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