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

1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. For thou art the God of my strength; why hast thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 3O send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me: let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: and upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.

Psalms 43:2 word by word

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

• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• strengthמָעוֹזmâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz mâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz · securityH4581
• whyמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• meהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• mourningקָדַרqâdar · be darkH6937
• becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• oppressionלַ֫חַץlachats · oppressionH3906
• enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341

Cross-references for Psalms 43:2

• Psalms 28:7The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will praise him.
• Psalms 140:7O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
• Exodus 15:2The LORD is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father’s God, and I will exalt him.
• Isaiah 40:31but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
• Isaiah 45:24Only in the LORD, shall one say unto me, is righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come, and all they that were incensed against him shall be ashamed.
• Zechariah 10:12And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
• Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
• Philippians 4:13I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
• Psalms 71:9Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
• Psalms 77:7Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
• Psalms 94:14For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
• 1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
• Psalms 42:9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

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