Verse Psalms 43:2. For 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?
FOR THOU ART THE GOD OF MY STRENGTH - See Psalms 18:2, note; Psalms 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...
Psalms 43 The Cry Against the Ungodly Nation and Antichrist _ 1. The cry to God (Psalms 43:1)_ 2. Send out Thy light and truth (Psalms 43:3) Here their enemies are mentioned, the ungodly nation, s...
Hopeful prayer for restoration to the Temple. It is impossible to say who are meant by the ungodly nation, the nation that is not _hasid_ (see Psalms 43*) or pious. Following this clue we might unders...
MY STRENGTH. my refuge, or my defending God. DOST. didst. CAST. OFF. See Psalms 44:8. THE ENEMY. an enemy....
Prayer for deliverance, grounded upon God's relation to him....
Psalms 43:1. A passionate prayer for deliverance from his enemies and restoration to the privileges of the sanctuary....
_the God of my strength_ Or, my stronghold God: my natural refuge and protector. Cp. Psalms 18:2; Psalms 42:9. But facts seem to contradict faith, and the expostulation of Psalms 42:9 is repeated in a...
WHY GO I MOURNING— See Psalms 42:9 of the preceding Psalm. David left Jerusalem mourning....
THE PSALMS BOOK THE SECOND Psalms 42, 43 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Debarred Worshipper Mastering his Sorrow. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 42:1-5, A Debarred Worshipper, Nursing his Grief, nevertheless Striv...
_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?_ For thou art the God of my strength - literally, 'my fortress-God;' i:e., m...
Cp. Psalms 42:9....
1. AN UNGODLY NATION] RM 'an unmerciful nation,' a loveless, heathen people....
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
כִּֽי ־אַתָּ֤ה ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י מָֽעוּזִּי֮ לָמָ֪ה זְנַ֫חְתָּ֥נִי...
“THE HELP OF MY COUNTENANCE” Psalms 43:1 The exiled king still pours out his soul to God. Already David has addressed Him as _God of my life;_ here God appeals to David as _God of my strength,_ Psalm...
This psalm is either a part of the previous one or is closely connected with it. It breathes the same note of confidence, ending with the same words practically as the two parts of the former. It reac...
_Old, in calling Abraham, and rescuing the Hebrews for the Egyptian bondage, &c. (Worthington) --- God formerly protected our Fathers; but how are things changed? (Calmet) --- Gideon uses nearly the s...
And here again, while we contemplate God, in all cases of the members of Christ's body, as the God of their strength, all-sufficient and all-effectual to save; we may still, in a more peculiar manner,...
2_For thou art the God of my strength _This verse differs very little from the ninth verse of the preceding psalm, and the difference consists more in words than in matter. Setting as a shield against...
The enemy in Psalms 42 is the outward enemy and oppressor the Gentile. Though in circumstances, of course, and not in the depths of atonement, it is interesting to see the analogy in Verse 3 (Psalms 4...
FOR THOU [ART] THE GOD OF MY STRENGTH,.... Who being the strong and mighty God was able to deliver and save him, as well as to plead his cause; and was the author and giver of strength, natural and sp...
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? Ver. 2. _For thou art the God of my strength_] As being in covenant with me...
_Judge me, O God_, &c. “O God, the supreme Judge of the whole world, I appeal to thee, in this contest between me and a seditious people, who, void of piety and humanity,” (so the phrase לא חסיד, _lo...
CONCLUSION OF THE PRECEDING PSALM. The psalmist again opens with an appeal, followed by a vow of faithfulness to Jehovah and His worship....
For Thou art the God of my strength, his Refuge and Stronghold by virtue of his trust in Him; WHY DOST THOU CAST ME OFF, turning away from him in scorn, as from something loathsome? Why GO I MOURNING...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 43:2 God H430 strength H4581 off H2186 (H8804) go H1980 (H8691) mourning H6937 (H8802) oppression...
‘Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against an ungodly nation, Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. For you are the God of my strength, Why have you cast me off? Why go I mourning be...
Psalms 43:1. _Judge 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:_ In the previous Psalm, David had cal...
CONTENTS: Prayer for God's help and leading. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: We need desire no more to give us satisfaction of heart than the good that flows from God's favor. If we conscient...
REFLECTIONS. PSALM 42. 43. These two psalms were originally one, and it is difficult to account for their being divided. They both close with the same reviving chorus. David composed them beyond the J...
_Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?_ THE SECRET OF SADNESS I. Is it because I am not really fighting against him? Am I doing my best, or only allowing religion to be a sentime...
_Judge me, O God, and plead my cause._ THE SOUL’S DOUBLE APPEAL I. An appeal to God. 1. For Divine vindication. 2. For Divine deliverance. 3. For Divine information. 4. For Divine guidance. II....
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 43:1 In the third stanza of Psalms 42:1, the singer asks God to VINDICATE him against the ungodly people ...
INTRODUCTION This psalm was composed by the same author as the preceding one, and has reference to the same occasion. It is fitted to impart help and encouragement to the afflicted and desponding in...
EXPOSITION THE close connection of this psalm with the preceding has been already noticed (see the introduction to Psalms 42:1.). We must not, however, suppose an accidental detachment. Rather Psalms...
Psa 43:1-5 seems to be similar to Psalms 42:1-11. There are some who believe that it actually belonged to Psalms 42:1-11, and in some of the manuscripts they were even put together as one psalm. Judge...
1 Chronicles 28:9; Ephesians 6:10; Exodus 15:2; Isaiah 40:31; I