Psalms 43:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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? ”

Psalms 43:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 a...
Psalms 43:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 under...
Psalms 43:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

my strength . my refuge, or my defending God. dost . didst. cast. off. See Psalms 44:8 . the enemy . an enemy.
Psalms 43:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 shiel...
Psalms 43:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 those art the God of my strength - The psalmist speaks here, as in othe...
Psalms 43:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Why go I mourning— See Psalms 42:9 of the preceding Psalm. David left Jerusalem mourning.
Psalms 43:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 43:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. An ungodly nation] RM 'an unmerciful nation,' a loveless, heathen people.
Psalms 43:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Help of My Countenance” Psalms 43:1-5 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...
Psalms 43:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 rea...
Psalms 43:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Psalms 43:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Psalms 43:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Psalms 43:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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,...
Psalms 43:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Appeals and Petitions. 1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful...
Psalms 43:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Psalms 43:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 b...
Psalms 43:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Psalms 43:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 43:1-2 . 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 ha...
Psalms 43:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 t...
Psalms 43:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 gui...
Psalms 43:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE close connection of this psalm with the preceding has been already noticed (see the introduction to Psalms 42:1-19 .). We must not, however, suppose an accidental detachment. R...
Psalms 43:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Conclusion of the Preceding Psalm. The psalmist again opens with an appeal, followed by a vow of faithfulness to Jehovah and His worship.
Psalms 43:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 28:9 ; Ephesians 6:10 ; Exodus 15:2 ; Isaiah 40:31 ; Isaiah 45:24 ; Philippians 4:13 ; Psalms 140:7 ; Psalms 28:7 ; Psalms 42:9 ; Psalms 7:1 ; Psalms 71:9 ; Zechariah 10:12

Psalms 43:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 43:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 43:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 43:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 43:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 43:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 43:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 43:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 43:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 43:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 43:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 43:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 43:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 43:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 43:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 43:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 43:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 43:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 43:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 43:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 43:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 43:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 43:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 43:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge