Psalms 43

Psalms 43:1

This is the remnant of Israel speaking. The Antichrist is a liar. He will make a covenant with these people and then will break it in the midst of the “week.” When this happens, their cry will be, “Deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.” I don’t know if you have ever prayed this prayer or not, but I have said, “O God, don’t let the dictator arise in the United States.” There is grave danger of that. We need to ask Christ to deliver us from deceitful and unjust men. I certainly don’t want him ruling over me, and we have had quite a few like that in our history. I am afraid the condition of our nation is due to the leadership and internal problems.

Psalms 43:3

“Send out thy light and thy truth.” What is the psalmist praying for? Jesus said, “…I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life” (Joh_8:12). He also said, “…I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (Joh_14:6). These statements of the Lord Jesus Christ were not lost on His hearers, because if they knew He was the light and the truth, they would also know He was the Messiah who had come to deliver them. “Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.” He wants to go back to Jerusalem. He wants to worship in the temple and to be brought back to God.

Psalms 43:5

Their prayers will be answered, and their long expected Messiah will return. At that time Ezekiel’s prophecy will be fulfilled: “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God” (Eze_36:26-28).