Psalms 43:2

O God, we have heard with our ears, 1 Our fathers have told us, 1 The work which thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old. 1

Updated 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 instruction, for the sons of Korah. 1

3Thine hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and thou didst plant them: 1 Thou didst afflict the nations, and cast them out. 1

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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 forever.

Psalms 31:4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: 1 I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in me. Pause. 1

Psalms 71:9The Ethiopians shall fall down before him; 1 And his enemies shall lick the dust. 1

Psalms 88:15Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne: 1 Mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 1

Psalms 140:7As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, 1 Our bones have been scattered by the mouth of the grave. 1

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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