JUDGE me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

1Iudge mee, O God, and plead my cause against an vngodly nation; O deliuer me from the deceitfull and vniust man.

2For thou art the God of my strength, why doest thou cast me off? why goe I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

3O send out thy light & thy trueth; let them leade mee, let them bring mee vnto thy holy hill, and to thy Tabernacles.

4Then will I goe vnto the Altar of God, vnto God my exceeding ioy: yea vpon the harpe will I praise thee, O God, my God.

5Why art thou cast downe, O my soule? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God, for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

I == Ps 26:1 ; 35:1 , 24

II == Ps 28:7 ; 42:9

 

III == Ps 3:4 ; 40:11 ; 57:3

 

 

 

 

V == Ps 42:5 , 11

1 Grant me justice, O God; defend me from a faithless people; from the deceitful and unjust rescue me.

2 You, O God, are my strength. Why then do you spurn me? Why must I go about mourning, with the enemy oppressing me?

3 Send your light and your fidelity, that they may be my guide; Let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place of your dwelling,

4 That I may come to the altar of God, to God, my joy, my delight. Then I will praise you with the harp, O God, my God.

5 Why are you downcast, my soul? Why do you groan within me? Wait for God, for I shall again praise him, my savior and my God.

This Psalm actually completes Psalm 42, as seen by the refrain repeated in v 5, and some Hebrew manuscripts list them as one Psalm. David pleads for vindication from his enemies and then closes with that refrain of hope. In 42:5,6,11 and 43:5, : Cast down is a shepherds term when a sheep gets on it’s back and is helpless to right itself.