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Bible study · Psalm 43:1-5

Psalm 43: Send out your light and your truth

Read Psalm 43:1-5 before you meet.

In a few lines

In 43:2 the psalmist goes "mourning", a Hebrew verb for being dark, and in 43:3 he asks God to send out his light and his truth to lead him. And where they lead doesn't end at the altar: "to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy" (43:4).

The verse to carry

“Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, to your tents.”

Psalm 43:3

To talk about

  1. 1. In one verse the psalmist calls God "the God of my strength" and asks, "Why have you rejected me?" (43:2). Have you ever prayed a question like that? What helped you keep praying?

  2. 2. "Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me" (43:3). Where in your life right now would you most like to be led, and what would help you follow?

  3. 3. The psalmist speaks to his own soul: "Why are you in despair, my soul? … Hope in God!" (43:5). What do you tell yourself when you are low? How is it like or unlike the psalm?

Prayer requests