Psalm 43

Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry : Psalm 43 (42)

Beginning of the psalm in an elector's bible

The 43rd Psalm ( Vulgate : " Ps 42 "), written by the "sons of Korach", is a psalm and a direct continuation of the 42nd Psalm . This is shown by the continuous refrain in Psalm 42 and 43.

Thematically, it is about the praying person being persecuted by other people and being rejected by God. He therefore asks that God send his “light and his truth” that they may guide him and lead him to the temple of God . The psalm ends with the refrain that already appears in Psalm 42:

“What are you depressed, my soul, and what are you groaning in me? Wait for God; for I will still thank him, the salvation of my face and my God. "

- Psalm 43,5  EU

The name of the 5th Sunday of the Passion time Judika ("Judge me") is derived from the Latin incipit of the Psalm.

reception

• The English hermit Richard Rolle wrote an instruction book for priests in the 14th century with the title Judica me deus .

The psalm was set to music a. a. at:

• Nicolas Gombert : "Judica me Deus"
• Jan Dismas Zelenka : Missa Judica me, F major (ZWV 2, 1714)
• Rudolf Mauersberger : God judge me
• Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : The 43rd Psalm: Judge Me, God op.78 No. 2, MWV B 46 (1844)
• Luke Passion (Penderecki) : 9th Aria Judica me, Deus

Web links

Commons : Psalm 43  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Psalm 43 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
• Psalm 43 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
• Public domain sheet music of settings for Psalm 43 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)