Psalms 43:2

O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, the work which thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

1For the end, a Psalm for + 43:1 Gr. understanding.instruction, for the sons of Core.

3Thine hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and thou didst plant them: thou didst afflict the nations, and cast them out.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:9And now, my son Solomon, know the God of thy fathers, and serve him with a perfect heart and willing soul: for the Lord searches all hearts, and knows every thought: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou shouldest forsake him, he will forsake thee for ever.

Psalms 31:4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a + 31:4 See Heb.thorn was fastened in me. Pause.

Psalms 71:9The Ethiopians shall fall down before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

Psalms 88:15Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

Psalms 140:7As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, our bones have been scattered by the mouth of the grave.

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 →

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