Psalm 43:5

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 43:5

This is a beautiful repetition of what had been said in the foregoing Psalm, in which the humble Petitioner expostulates with his own heart on the unreasonableness of his distrust. He here does what the Lord, commanded to be done by his servant the prophet, stirring himself up to take hold of God's strength, to find peace, and comfort, and security in God, and which God saith he saith he shall find. Isaiah 27:5 . REFLECTIONS BLESSED Jesus! amidst all the exercises of my mind, either from the... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 43:5

Saving ( salutes ) the manifold instances of protection. (Haydock) read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 43:1-5

Conclusion of the Preceding Psalm. The psalmist again opens with an appeal, followed by a vow of faithfulness to Jehovah and His worship. v. 1. Judge me, O God, vindicating his cause, and plead my cause, as the all-wise advocate against wickedness, against an ungodly nation, a generation of men not in God's favor. O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man, who is full of falsehood and wickedness, devoid of every idea of right and justice. v. 2. For Thou art the God of my strength,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 43:1-5

THE PSALTERSECOND BOOKPsalms 42-72_______________Psalms 42:0To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks,So panteth my soul after thee, O God.2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:When shall I come and appear before God?3 My tears have been my meat day and night,While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me:For I had gone with the multitude, I went... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Psalms 43:5

Psalms THE PSALMIST’S REMONSTRANCE WITH HIS SOUL Psa_43:5 . This verse, which closes this psalm, occurs twice in the previous one. It is a kind of refrain. Obviously this little psalm, of which my text is a part, was originally united with the preceding one. That the two made one is clear to anybody that will read them, by reason of structure, and tone, and similarity of the singer’s situation, and the recurrence of many phrases, and especially of these significant words of my text. The... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 43:1-5

“The Help of My Countenance” Psalms 43:1-5 The exiled king still pours out his soul to God. Already David has addressed Him as God of my life; here God appeals to David as God of my strength, Psalms 43:2 , and God, the gladness of my joy, Psalms 43:4 , r.v., margin. Speak well of thy God, even though His back seems turned on thee! Thy light and thy truth, Psalms 43:3 , may refer to the Urim and Thummim. Or we may think of them as two white-vestured angels sent from God’s presence-chamber... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 43:1-5

This psalm is either a part of the previous one or is closely connected with it. It breathes the same note of confidence, ending with the same words practically as the two parts of the former. It reaches a higher plane in that it refers only to sorrow and mourning in order to protest against them in the light of the certainty of God's deliverance. From prayer for that deliverance, which he has twice in the previous psalm declared to be certain, he passes to affirmation of how, following the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:5

‘Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope you in God, For I will yet praise him, Who is the help of my countenance, And my God.’ This final truth has confirmed his faith and made him sure of his deliverance. Thus he can with even more confidence call on his soul and ask it why is it so disquieted simply because of these troubles that have beset him. Let it hope in God. For he knows that God must eventually release him so that he may yet go to the House of God... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:1-5

Psalms 43:1-Deuteronomy : . Hopeful prayer for restoration to the Temple. It is impossible to say who are meant by the “ ungodly nation,” the nation that is not hasid (see Psalms 43*) or pious. Following this clue we might understand by the nation that is not pious, the mass of careless or apostate Jews, since nobody would expect zealous piety from heathen. But it is doubtful if goi. the word translated “ nation,” could mean here a party in a nation. Besides, hasid may be used in a more... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 43:1-5

INTRODUCTIONThis psalm was composed by the same author as the preceding one, and has reference to the same occasion. It is fitted to impart help and encouragement to the afflicted and desponding in their troubles. The pious spirit of the author is clearly seen in the psalm.DEVOUT LONGINGSThe poet pours out his heart to God in petitions, expostulations, and promises; but the prevailing tone of the psalm is that of intense desire. He longsI. For vindication and deliverance. “Judge me, O God, and... read more

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