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You, O God, are my refuge;
    why have you rejected me?
Why must I go about in mourning,
    while my enemy oppresses me?
Send forth your light and your truth;[a]
    they will serve as my guide.
Let them bring me to your holy mountain,
    to the place of your dwelling.
Then I will go to the altar of God,
    to the God of my joy and delight,
and I will praise you[b] with the harp,
    O God, my God.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 43:3 Your light and your truth: the psalmist personifies the divine attributes of light (see note on Ps 27:1) and truth (see Pss 25:5; 26:3; 40:11) and asks that they bring him safely to the temple. Holy mountain: see note on Ps 2:6.
  2. Psalm 43:4 Altar of God . . . I will praise you: see notes on Pss 7:18; 26:6.