Psalm 43

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 43:5

Why . . . ? See notes on Psalms 42:5 for the whole of this verse. health = salvation. See note on Psalms 42:5 . To the chief Musician. See App-64 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 43:1

PSALM 43Psalms 43:1-2"Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation:Oh deliver men from the deceitful and unjust man.For thou art the God of my strength; why hast thou cast me off?.Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?""Against an ungodly nation" (Psalms 43:1). The ungodly nation was either Assyria which captivated Northern Israel, or Babylon which made captives of Judaea, certainly not the Israel of God. As Leupold pointed out, "The word for nation here is... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 43:3

"Oh send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me:Let them bring me to thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.Then will I go unto the altar of God,Unto God my exceeding joy;And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.""Let them bring me to thy holy hill" (Psalms 43:3). We suppose this is the same as the hill Mizar mentioned in Psalms 42:6, the word `hill,' being the common designation of Jerusalem, Mount Zion, or the Temple mountain, the same being the place where Abraham offered... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 43:5

"Why art thou cast down, O my soul?And why art thou disquieted within me?Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him,Who is the help of my countenance, and my God."Just as Jonah, even after being swallowed by the great fish, exclaimed, "Yet will I look unto thy holy temple ... and yet ... my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple"; just so, here the oppressed, taunted and tearful mourner, shouted the third time, "I shall yet praise Him." It also reminds us of Job who said, "Though he... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 43:1

Psalms 43:0. David, praying to be restored to the temple, promises to serve God joyfully: he encourageth his soul to trust in God. Title.— The subject of this Psalm is so much the same with that of the preceding, that one is strongly tempted to believe it to be a continuation of it, particularly as there is no title to interrupt. Mudge. There seems however this difference, that the former was written when the affairs of the Psalmist were at the worst; but this, when they began to amend; when he... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 43:2

Psalms 43:2. Why go I mourning— See Psa 42:9 of the preceding Psalm. David left Jerusalem mourning. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 43:4

Psalms 43:4. My exceeding joy— Or, as it is literally translated in the Margin of our Bibles, The gladness of my joy; i.e. The great author of all the joy that I have. REFLECTIONS.—We have here, 1. David's appeal and prayer to God. Though in God's sight he would cry, Enter not into judgment; yet, with respect to his enemies, he desired nothing more than to be tried at the bar of God; where his innocence would certainly engage him for his advocate against the ungodly nation of Israel, and his... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 43:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 43:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 43:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 43:5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 43:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 43:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 43:4

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 43

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 43:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 43:2

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