Lift up Your Name in all the earth, Lord God. You are worthy to be praised. Preserve me from deceit. Deliver me from evil. You are sovereign. Apart from You, there is no good thing. Where there was only darkness, You have brought light. Where there was only sadness, You have brought joy. Excellence is Your domain. To pursue lesser gods only brings sorrow to my heart. Wealth or riches are nothing compared to the treasure of Your inheritance. The boundary lines drawn by Your Word keep me within pleasant places. Thank You for blessing me with Your counsel. My heart thirsts for instruction. When I open Your Word, I set You before me. You make my heart glad. Your presence thrills me. My heart rejoices in Your love. I need not fear corruption. Thank You for attending to my cry for help. Vindication comes from Your hand alone. Purpose my mouth not to transgress Your plans and hold me to the ways of truth. Only You can prevent my feet from slipping. Sift the contents of my heart and purify me, Lord. With my life, let me glorify Your Name. Under the mighty Word of God in Psalm 43:1-4 and the authority of Christ, I pray.
Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation.
Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
For You are the God of my strength. Why have You rejected me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Oh, send out Your light and Your truth.
Let them lead me.
Let them bring me to Your holy hill,
to Your tents.
Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God, my exceeding joy.
Psalm 43:1-4, WEB
