Psalm 43

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 43:3

Psalms 43:3O send out Thy light and Thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto Thy holy hill and to Thy tabernacles.The sending out of light and truthI. The feelings here expressed.1. A deep sense of darkness.2. Belief in God as the source of spiritual life.3. Earnest desire after Him. His soul wanted light-God’s light; he knew that it must be sent out; also he desired God’s truth.II. The purpose of his desire--“Let them lead me;” he knew his own helplessness.III. The place to which he... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 43:4

Psalms 43:4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy.The altar of joyThis is the expression of a twofold desire, a desire for communion with God, and for communion with God through public worship. There is a great wail of sorrow in the psalm, but it is not a sorrow without hope; faith struggles with despondence, and gets the victory. The authorship of the psalm we cannot be certain of. Nor of the occasion, whether some event in David’s reign, or in Ahaz’s, or in the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 43:5

Psalms 43:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul?and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise Him, who is the health of my countenance and my God. Discouragement’s recoveryThis psalm was penned by David, which shows the passions of his soul; for God’s children know the estate of their own souls for the strengthening of their trust and bettering their obedience. Now, this is the difference between psalms and other places of Scripture. Other scriptures speak mostly from... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 43:1

Psa 43:1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. Ver. 1. Judge me, O God ] This psalm is, as it were, an epitome or an appendix to the former, and little differing in words or matter. Plead my cause ] See Psalms 35:1 . Against an ungodly nation ] Heb. a nation not mild or merciful; so he calleth Absalom’s complices, who sought and would have sucked his blood. Such are a people of God’s wrath and of his curse. O deliver... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 43:2

Psa 43:2 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? Ver. 2. For thou art the God of my strength ] As being in covenant with me, both offensive and defensive. In the Lord Jehovah is a Rock of ages, or everlasting strength, Isaiah 26:4 , for God of my strength, Psalms 42:9 , is my rock. Why go I mourning ] See Psalms 42:9 . read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 43:3

Psa 43:3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. Ver. 3. O send out thy light ] i.e. Thy comforting grace, opposed to that, Psalms 43:2 , I go mourning, or in black. And thy truth ] i.e. Thy faithfulness, opposed to the deceitful man, Psalms 43:1 . The Rabbis interpret light and truth by Christ and Elijah; the Arabic maketh it a prayer for the Jews’ conversion, Lux et veritas piorum comites. Yet them bring me unto... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 43:4

Psa 43:4 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. Ver. 4. Then will I go unto the altar of God ] Not without store of sacrifices. God’s service is now nothing so costly; and should, therefore, be more cheerfully performed. Heathens had their altars, &c., all save the Persians. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 43:5

Psa 43:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God. Ver. 5. Why art thou bowed down, &c. ] See Psalms 42:5 ; Psalms 42:11 . read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 43

Overview Psalms 43:1, David, praying to be restored to the temple, promises to serve God joyfully; Psalms 43:5, He encourages his soul to trust in God. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 43:1

am 2983, bc 1021 - Title This Psalm is evidently a continuation of the preceding, and had the same author; and they are written as one in forty-six manuscripts The sameness of subject, similarity of composition, and return of the same burden in both, are sufficient evidence of this opinion. Judge: Psalms 7:8, Psalms 26:1, Psalms 35:24, Psalms 75:7, 1 Corinthians 4:4, 1 Peter 2:23 plead: Psalms 35:1, 1 Samuel 24:15, Proverbs 22:23, Proverbs 23:11, Micah 7:9 ungodly: or, unmerciful the... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 43:3

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 43:4

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 43:5

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 43:1

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 43:2

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 43:3

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 43:4

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 43:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 43

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 43:1

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