Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 43

This is a scholarly comparative text presenting two Hebrew psalms (Psalms 43 and 44) in four parallel textual traditions: the King James Version (English), the Septuagint (ancient Greek), the Hebrew Tanakh, and the Latin Vulgate. The KJV column includes embedded Strong's Concordance reference numbers, marking it as an interlinear or analytical study resource rather than plain translation. Psalm 43 is a short individual lament in which a speaker pleads for divine vindication against enemies and an ungodly nation, asking God's light and truth to guide them to the holy hill, and closes with the refrain "why art thou cast down, O my soul" — a characteristic expression of faith persisting through distress. Psalm 44 (rendered in the Septuagint and Vulgate columns) is a longer communal lament: the community recalls God's mighty acts in conquering Canaan for their ancestors, but then protests that God has now abandoned them to defeat, scattering, and shame despite their continued faithfulness to the covenant. The psalm's bold theological claim — that the community suffers not because of sin but apparently without cause, "for thy sake" — is one of the most striking assertions of innocent suffering in the psalter, culminating in the urgent cry "Awake, O Lord, why sleepest thou?" The parallel-column format is aimed at textual scholars, translators, or students comparing how different ancient traditions rendered the same source material.

Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 43

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