Psalm 43:2 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 43:1-5

David here makes application to God, by faith and prayer, as his judge, his strength, his guide, his joy, his hope, with suitable affections and expressions. I. As his Judge, his righteous Judge, who he knew would judge him, and who (being conscious of his own integrity) he knew would judge for him (Ps. 43:1): Judge me, O God! and plead my cause. There were those that impeached him; against them he is defendant, and from their courts, where he stood unjustly convicted and condemned, he appeals... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 43:2

For thou art the God of my strength ,.... Who being the strong and mighty God was able to deliver and save him, as well as to plead his cause; and was the author and giver of strength, natural and spiritual, to him; and was the strength of his heart, life and salvation; and is a good reason why he committed his cause unto him; why doest thou cast me off ? this is the language of unbelief: it being what was not in reality, only in appearance: the psalmist was ready to conclude he was... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:2

For those art the God of my strength - The psalmist speaks here, as in other places in the person of the whole Israelitish people then captive in Babylon. We still acknowledge thee for our God. Why are we cast off? Now that we are humbled and penitent, why are we not enlarged? Why are we not saved from this oppression of the Babylonians? read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:2

Verse 2 2For thou art the God of my strength This verse differs very little from the ninth verse of the preceding psalm, and the difference consists more in words than in matter. Setting as a shield against temptation the fact, that he had experienced the power of God to be present with him, he complains that his life is spent in mourning, because he sees himself as it were abandoned to the will of his enemies. He considered it absolutely certain that his enemies had no power to do him harm... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 43:1-5

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 43:1-5

God the salvation of the countenance; or, a light heart makes a bright face. Dr. Binnie remarks, "The forty-second and forty-third [psalms] (which go together), were almost certainly written by the Korahites who accompanied David in his flight beyond the Jordan during Absalom's rebellion." £ Nearly all modern critics consider that this and the preceding psalm formed originally but one. £ So the similarity of Psalms 42:5 , Psalms 42:11 and Psalms 43:5 would suggest. There is a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 43:1-5

Strengthening the heart in God. What Jonathan did for David when he went to him into the wood of Ziph, David does here for himself—he strengthens his heart in God ( 1 Samuel 23:16 ). "Hope in God." We learn here that— I. HOPE IS BASED ON GOD 'S REVELATION OF HIMSELF . We only know God as he is pleased to make himself known to us. In his works and in his Word we find the same character. The lesson comes to us from all sides that God is true, and that his laws should be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 43:2

For thou art the God of my strength ; i.e. the God in whom is all my strength ( Psalms 28:7 ). Why dost thou cast me off? An equivalent to the "Why hast thou forgotten me?" of Psalms 42:9 . Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? Repeated, with the variation of a single word, from Psalms 42:9 . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 43:2

For thou art the God of my strength - See Psalms 18:2, note; Psalms 28:7, note.Why dost thou cast me off? - As if I were none of thine; as if I were wholly abandoned. Compare the notes at Psalms 22:1. The word rendered “cast off” - זנח zânach - is a word which implies strong disgust or loathing: “Why dost thou cast me off as a loathsome or disgusting object?” Compare Revelation 3:16. The Hebrew word means properly to be foul, to be rancid, to stink: then, to be loathsome or abominable; and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 43:1-2

Psalms 43:1-2. Judge me, O God, &c. “O God, the supreme Judge of the whole world, I appeal to thee, in this contest between me and a seditious people, who, void of piety and humanity,” (so the phrase לא חסיד , lo chasid, here rendered ungodly, means,) “are risen up in rebellion against me, beseeching thee to vindicate my innocence, and defend me from their violence.” Bishop Patrick. He calls the company of his enemies a nation, because of their great numbers: for they were the far... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 43:1-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 43:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 43:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 43:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 43:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 43:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 43:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 43:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 43:1-2

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