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Psalm 43:2-5 KJV
Psalms · chapter 43 · verses 2–5
2For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 3O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 4Then 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. 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.Psalm 43:2-5 · King James Version
Psalm 43:2-5 in context
1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
2For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
4Then 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.
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.
Commentary
Cross references
- Psalms 36:9
- Proverbs 3:5-6
- John 1:4
- Psalms 97:11
- Psalms 143:10
- Psalms 119:105
- Psalms 84:1
- Isaiah 61:10
- Habakkuk 3:17-18
- Psalms 42:5
- Psalms 42:11
Key words (Strong's)
- countenancepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- oppressionlachatsdistressH3906 →
- disquietedhâmâhto make a loud soundH1993 →
- exceedingsimchâhblithesomeness or gleeH8057 →
- strengthmâʻôwza fortified placeH4581 →
- mourningqâdarto be ashyH6937 →
- praiseyâdâhphysically, to throw at or awayH3034 →
- healthyᵉshûwʻâhsomething savedH3444 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5