1 Unto the end. To the sons of Korah, toward understanding.
2 We have heard, O God, with our own ears. Our fathers have announced to us the work that you wrought in their days and in the days of antiquity.
3 Your hand dispersed the Gentiles, and you transplanted them. You afflicted a people, and you expelled them.
4 For they did not take possession of the land by their sword, and their own arm did not save them. But your right hand and your arm, and the light of your countenance did so, because you were pleased with them.
5 You yourself are my king and my God, who commands the salvation of Jacob.
6 With you, we will brandish a horn before our enemies; and in your name, we will spurn those rising up against us.
7 For I will not hope in my bow, and my sword will not save me.
8 For you have saved us from those who afflict us, and you have bewildered those who hate us.
9 In God, we will give praise all day long; and in your name, we will confess forever.
10 But now, you have rejected and bewildered us, and you will not go forth with our armies, O God.
11 You have turned our back to our enemies, and those who hated us have plundered for themselves.
12 You have given us over like sheep for food. You have scattered us among the Gentiles.
13 You have sold your people without a price, and no great number was exchanged for them.
14 You have set us as a disgrace to our neighbors, a scoff and a derision to those who are around us.
15 You have set us as a parable among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
16 All day long my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me,
17 before the voice of the reproacher and the commentator, before the face of the adversary and the pursuer.
18 All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you, and we have not acted unjustly in your covenant.
19 And our heart has not turned back. And you have not diverted our steps from your way.
20 For you humbled us in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.
21 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have extended our hands to a foreign god,
22 will not God find this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart. For, because of you, we are being killed all day long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Rise up. Why do you fall asleep, O Lord? Rise up, and do not reject us in the end.
24 Why do you turn your face away, and why do you forget our needfulness and our tribulation?
25 For our soul has been humbled into the dust. Our belly has been bound to the earth.
26 Rise up, O Lord. Help us and redeem us, because of your name.
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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