Psalm 43
Psalm 43 Meaning
Psalm 43 continues the prayer of Psalm 42, asking God to vindicate him and to send out His light and truth to lead him back to the holy hill and the altar of God.
It ends, like its companion, by charging the downcast soul to hope in God, my exceeding joy, whom I shall yet praise.
Key verses from Psalm 43
“O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.”
Psalm 43:3
“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.”
Psalm 43:4
“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.”
Psalm 43:5
How Psalm 43 points to Jesus
Jesus is the light and truth God sends to lead us home to Himself, and He is our exceeding joy. In Him the downcast soul finds its way back to the altar and the praise it was made for.