Psalms 43:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 43

²For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Psalms 43:2 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 42:9
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalms 28:7
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
Ephesians 6:10
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Psalms 94:14
For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
Psalms 44:9
But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Atheism Attributes of God God Guidance Lord Majesty Theology

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-5)

David here makes application to God, by faith and prayer, as his judge, his strength, his guide, his joy, his hope, with suitable affections and expressions. I. As his Judge, his righteous Judge, who he knew would judge him, and who (being conscious of his own integrity) he knew would judge for him (Ps. 43:1): Judge me, O God! and plead my cause. There were those that impeached him; against them h…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. 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.