Psalm 43:1

Psalm 43:1

Vindicate me, my God

We began Psalm 42 with the comments; -

“This Psalm and the one that follows offer painful pleas to the Lord. “Why have You forsaken me? When can I go and meet with God? Why must I go about mourning? Why is my soul so downcast?” The good news is that the writer knows the answer, “Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Saviour and my God.””

Here in the short few verses of Psalm 43, the lament is continued; there are questions and pleas and then an outpouring of hope and anticipation that the Lord God will not only hear but will restore. In that certain hope, the writer, a son of Korah as we have seen, set his face on being freed and able to return to serve on the holy mountain of Jerusalem once again. 

 

V1        Imagine yourself bringing your cause before the highest judiciary in the land, maybe even before the King himself. You are pleading for justice, for wrongs to be righted, you have suffered enough, your enemies must be overthrown, and you must be allowed to resume your former life of service and worship before God. That is what is happening here, our suffering Son of Korah asks God Himself to vindicate him. He asks that God will plead his case, that the Lord will act in his defence and obtain a pardon and freedom from the oppression of a godless, enemy nation. 

Many of us have suffered and been treated unjustly. It may have been through bullying as a child or by the hand of an aggressive parent or carer. We may have been in an abusive, personal relationship or been the victim of an oppressive work colleague or employer. There are many ways in which we may suffer unjustly and no one else seems to care or even notice. There are some people who are so oppressive that everyone is scared of them. Have you ever thought about bringing your case to the High Court of heaven and asking the Lord God to vindicate you? Isn’t it time you got some supernatural help from your Father who will know your plight and will be able to enforce a rescue plan? Surely, He wants us to be free, free to worship and serve Him, free from human aggressors. It’s time to ask Him to deliver us from those who are deceitful and wicked. He will hear us when others do not. Hallelujah!

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