Psalms 43:4
For they did not take possession of the land by their sword, and their own arm did not save them. But your right hand and your arm, and the light of your countenance did so, because you were pleased with them.
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In Context
5You yourself are my king and my God, who commands the salvation of Jacob.
Cross References
2 Samuel 6:5But David and all of Israel played before the Lord on every kind of musical instrument made of wood, and on harps, and lyres, and timbrels, and bells, and cymbals.
Psalms 33:2I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise will be ever in my mouth.
Psalms 57:8They will come to nothing, like water flowing away. He has aimed his bow, while they are being weakened.
Psalms 63:2Hear, O God, my prayer of supplication. Rescue my soul from the fear of the enemy.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 43:2-5
Appeals and Petitions. 1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. 2 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? 3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. 5 Why art thou cast… Read the whole commentary →