Psalms 43:2

Psalms 43:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
• New International Version (NIV)You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?
• English Standard Version (ESV)For you are the God in whom I take refuge; why have you rejected me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
• New King James Version (NKJV)For You are the God of my strength; Why do You cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Context of Psalms 43:2

1Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men! For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me? 3Reveal your light and your faithfulness! They will lead me, they will escort me back to your holy hill, and to the place where you live. 4Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp.

Psalms 43:2 word by word

כִּֽי־אַתָּ֤ה׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י מָֽעוּזִּי֮ לָמָ֪ה זְנַ֫חְתָּ֥נִי לָֽמָּה־קֹדֵ֥ר אֶתְהַלֵּ֗ךְ בְּלַ֣חַץ אוֹיֵֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of my strengthמָעוֹזmâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz mâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz · securityH4581
• why dost thou cast me offזָנַחzânach · to rejectH2186
• why goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• I mourningקָדַרqâdar · be darkH6937
• because of the oppressionלַ֫חַץlachats · oppressionH3906
• of the enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341

Cross-references for Psalms 43:2

• Psalms 28:7The Lord strengthens and protects me; I trust in him with all my heart. I am rescued and my heart is full of joy; I will sing to him in gratitude.
• Psalms 140:7O sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.
• Exodus 15:2The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
• Isaiah 40:31But those who wait for the Lord’s help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.
• Isaiah 45:24they will say about me, “Yes, the Lord is a powerful deliverer.”’” All who are angry at him will cower before him.
• Zechariah 10:12Thus I will strengthen them by my power, and they will walk about in my name,” says the Lord.
• Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.
• Philippians 4:13I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.
• Psalms 71:9Do not reject me in my old age! When my strength fails, do not abandon me!
• Psalms 77:7I asked, “Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor?
• Psalms 94:14Certainly the Lord does not forsake his people; he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him.
• 1 Chronicles 28:9“And you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.
• Psalms 42:9I will pray to God, my high ridge: “Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”

Commentaries on Psalms 43:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2For those art the God of my strength - The psalmist speaks here, as in other places in the person of the whole Israelitish people then captive in Babylon. We still acknowledge thee for our God. Why are we cast off? Now that we are humbled and penitent, why are we not enlarged? Why are we not saved from this oppression of the Babylonians?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For thou art the God of my strength - See Psalm 18:2, note; Psalm 28:7, note. Why dost thou cast me off? - As if I were none of thine; as if I were wholly abandoned. Compare the notes at Psalm 22:1. The word rendered “cast off” - זנח zânach - is a word which implies strong disgust or loathing: “Why dost thou cast me off as a loathsome or disgusting object?” Compare Revelation 3:16. The Hebrew word means properly to be foul, to be rancid, to stink: then…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2rejected me: Other psalms also ask if God has rejected his people (Psalm 44:9, 23; 60:1, 10; 74:1; 77:7; 88:14; 89:38; 108:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. God of my strength--by covenant relation my stronghold (Psa 18:1). cast me off--in scorn. because--or, "in," that is, in such circumstances of oppression.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 43:2

• Afflictions and Adversities
• God

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Commentaries on Psalms 43

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings