Psalms — Chapter 43
aA continuation of Psalm 42. Vindicate me, O God,champion my causeagainst faithless people;rescue me from treacherous, dishonest opponents.
For You are my God, my stronghold;why have You rejected me?Why must I walk in gloom,oppressed by the enemy?
Send forth Your light and Your truth;they will lead me;they will bring me to Your holy mountain,to Your dwelling-place,
that I may come to the altar of God,God, my delight, my joy;that I may praise You with the lyre,O God, my God.
Why so downcast, my soul,why disquieted within me?Have hope in God;I will yet give praise,my ever-present help, my God.
✦ Connected Across Traditions
Good vs Evil / Light vs Darkness
Yasna 30:3
“Now the two primal Spirits, who reveal themselves as Twins, are the Better and the Bad, in thought and word and action.”
John 1:5
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
Dhammapada 1:1-2
“Mind is the forerunner of all actions. If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness follows like a shadow.”
Bhagavad Gita 16:21
“There are three gates to self-destructive hell: lust, anger, and greed. Therefore, one must learn to give these up.”