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Morning prayer, Tuesday 31 March 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalm 43
Longing for the Temple<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have come into the world to be its light<\/em> (John 12:46).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defend me, O God, and plead my cause *
against a godless nation.
From deceitful and cunning men *
rescue me, O God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since you, O God, are my stronghold, *
why have you rejected me?
Why do I go mourning *
oppressed by the foe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O send forth your light and your truth; *
let these be my guide.
Let them bring me to your holy mountain *
to the place where you dwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I will come to the altar of God, *
the God of my joy.
My redeemer, I will thank you on the harp, *
O God, my God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why are you cast down, my soul, *
why groan within me?
Hope in God; I will praise him still, *
my savior and my God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, *
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, *
and will be for ever. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18130,"template":"","rizors":[],"yoast_head":"\nthe God of my joy - Behold<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/the-god-of-my-joy-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"the God of my joy - Behold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Morning prayer, Tuesday 31 March 2026 Psalm 43Longing for the Temple I have come into the world to be its light (John 12:46). Defend me, O God, and plead my cause *against a godless nation.From deceitful and cunning men *rescue me, O God. Since you, O God, are my stronghold, *why have you rejected me? ... Read more »\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/the-god-of-my-joy-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Behold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-31T19:08:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/yaren-kilic-hmAudYhdPcI-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/\",\"name\":\"Behold\",\"description\":\"Archdiocese of Malta\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/the-god-of-my-joy-2\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/yaren-kilic-hmAudYhdPcI-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/yaren-kilic-hmAudYhdPcI-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":1440,\"height\":2560},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/the-god-of-my-joy-2\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/the-god-of-my-joy-2\/\",\"name\":\"the God of my joy - Behold\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/the-god-of-my-joy-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-31T19:08:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-31T19:08:30+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/the-god-of-my-joy-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/the-god-of-my-joy-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/the-god-of-my-joy-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/talba-bis-salmi\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/talba-bis-salmi\/\",\"name\":\"Talb permezz tas-Salmi\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"item\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bis-salmi\/the-god-of-my-joy-2\/#webpage\"}}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/talba-bis-salmi\/18132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/talba-bis-salmi"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/talba-bis-salmi"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/talba-bis-salmi\/18132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18133,"href":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/talba-bis-salmi\/18132\/revisions\/18133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rizors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rizors?post=18132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}