Psalms 43:2
For thou art the God of my fortress: why hast thou abandoned me? why must I walk about grieved, under the oppression of the enemy?
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1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with an entire heart and with a willing soul; for all hearts doth the Lord search, and every imagination of the thoughts doth he understand; if thou seek him, he will let himself be found by thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Psalms 31:4(31:5) Draw me out of the net which they have laid secretly for me; for thou art my protection.
Psalms 42:10(42:11) It is as death in my bones, when my assailants reproach me; when they say unto me all the day, Where is thy God?
Psalms 71:9Cast me not off in the time of old age: when my strength faileth, forsake me not.
Psalms 88:15(88:16) I am afflicted and perishing from my youth up: I bear thy terrors, I am distracted.
Psalms 140:7(140:8) O thou Eternal Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head on the day of battle.
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 →