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Verse 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 t...
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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...
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Psalms 43
The Cry Against the Ungodly Nation and Antichrist
_ 1. The cry to God (Psalms 43:1)_
2. Send out Thy light and truth (Psalms 43:3)
Here their enemies are mentioned, the ungodly nation, s...
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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 unders...
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MY STRENGTH. my refuge, or my defending God.
DOST. didst.
CAST. OFF. See Psalms 44:8.
THE ENEMY. an enemy....
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WHY GO I MOURNING— See Psalms 42:9 of the preceding Psalm. David
left Jerusalem mourning....
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THE PSALMS
BOOK THE SECOND
Psalms 42, 43
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Debarred Worshipper Mastering his Sorrow.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 42:1-5, A Debarred Worshipper, Nursing his Grief,
nevertheless Striv...
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_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?_
For thou art the God of my strength - literally, 'my fortress-God;'
i:e., m...
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1. AN UNGODLY NATION] RM 'an unmerciful nation,' a loveless, heathen
people....
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Cp. Psalms 42:9....
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PSALMS 42:72
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end.
The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
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כִּֽי ־אַתָּ֤ה ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י מָֽעוּזִּי֮
לָמָ֪ה זְנַ֫חְתָּ֥נִי...
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“THE HELP OF MY COUNTENANCE”
Psalms 43:1
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,_ Psalm...
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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
reac...
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_Old, in calling Abraham, and rescuing the Hebrews for the Egyptian
bondage, &c. (Worthington) --- God formerly protected our Fathers; but
how are things changed? (Calmet) --- Gideon uses nearly the s...
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And here again, while we contemplate God, in all cases of the members
of Christ's body, as the God of their strength, all-sufficient and
all-effectual to save; we may still, in a more peculiar manner,...
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2_For 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...
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The enemy in Psalms 42 is the outward enemy and oppressor the Gentile.
Though in circumstances, of course, and not in the depths of
atonement, it is interesting to see the analogy in Verse 3 (Psalms
4...
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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
sp...
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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...
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_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...
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CONCLUSION OF THE PRECEDING PSALM.
The psalmist again opens with an appeal, followed by a vow of
faithfulness to Jehovah and His worship....
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For Thou art the God of my strength, his Refuge and Stronghold by
virtue of his trust in Him; WHY DOST THOU CAST ME OFF, turning away
from him in scorn, as from something loathsome? Why GO I MOURNING...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Psalms 43:2 God H430 strength H4581 off H2186 (H8804) go H1980 (H8691)
mourning H6937 (H8802) oppression...
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‘Judge me, O God,
And plead my cause against an ungodly nation,
Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
For you are the God of my strength,
Why have you cast me off?
Why go I mourning be...
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Psalms 43:1. _Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly
nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. For thou art
the God of my strength:_
In the previous Psalm, David had cal...
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CONTENTS: Prayer for God's help and leading.
CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist.
CONCLUSION: We need desire no more to give us satisfaction of heart
than the good that flows from God's favor. If we conscient...
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REFLECTIONS. PSALM 42. 43.
These two psalms were originally one, and it is difficult to account
for their being divided. They both close with the same reviving
chorus. David composed them beyond the J...
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_Judge me, O God, and plead my cause._
THE SOUL’S DOUBLE APPEAL
I. An appeal to God.
1. For Divine vindication.
2. For Divine deliverance.
3. For Divine information.
4. For Divine guidance.
II....
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_Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?_
THE SECRET OF SADNESS
I. Is it because I am not really fighting against him? Am I doing my
best, or only allowing religion to be a sentime...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 43:1 In the third stanza of Psalms 42:1, the
singer asks God to VINDICATE him against the ungodly people ...
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INTRODUCTION
This 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...
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EXPOSITION
THE close connection of this psalm with the preceding has been already
noticed (see the introduction to Psalms 42:1.). We must not, however,
suppose an accidental detachment. Rather Psalms...
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Psa 43:1-5 seems to be similar to Psalms 42:1-11. There are some who
believe that it actually belonged to Psalms 42:1-11, and in some of
the manuscripts they were even put together as one psalm.
Judge...
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1 Chronicles 28:9; Ephesians 6:10; Exodus 15:2; Isaiah 40:31; I