42, 43 (B1, B2). THE RUIN REALISED.
(Continuation from ps 42. For complete structure see ps 42.
ie structure should be mentally joined together)
| B | A3 | 1,2 | Cry from afar. | ||
| 1. 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? | |||||
| B3 | 3,4 | Hope. "I will go." | |||
| 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. | |||||
| C3 | 5 | Appeal. "Why cast down?". Praise. | |||
| 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. |