Psalms 43 · Verse 2

Psalms 43:2

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?
Psalms 43:2, King James Version

Psalms 43:2 in other translations

BSBFor You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
WEBFor you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
ASVFor thou art the God of my strength; why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
YLTFor thou art the God of my strength. Why hast Thou cast me off? Why mourning do I go up and down, In the oppression of an enemy?
DARBYFor thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou cast me off? why go I about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
BBEYou are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?
WebsterFor thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

What does Psalms 43:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. God of my strength--by covenant relation my stronghold (Psa 18:1). cast me off--in scorn. because--or, "in," that is, in such circumstances of oppression.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 43:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
אַתָּ֤ה\׀'a.TahyouH859
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[are] [the] God ofH430
מָֽעוּזִּי֮ma.'u.Zirefuge myH4581
לָמָ֪הla.Mah<to> why?H4100
זְנַ֫חְתָּ֥נִיze.Nach.Ta.nihave you rejected meH2186
לָֽמָּה\־la.mah-<to> why?H4100
קֹדֵ֥רko.DermourningH6937
אֶתְהַלֵּ֗ךְ'et.ha.Lekhdo I go aboutH1980
בְּלַ֣חַץbe.La.chatzin [the] oppression ofH3906
אוֹיֵֽב\׃'o.Yevan enemyH341

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 43:2

  • Psalms 42:9

    I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  • Psalms 28:7

    The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

  • Ephesians 6:10

    Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

  • Psalms 94:14

    For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

  • Isaiah 40:31

    But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

  • Psalms 44:9

    But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

  • Isaiah 45:24

    Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

  • Psalms 140:7

    O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

  • Zechariah 10:12

    And I will strengthen them in the Lord; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord.

  • Psalms 71:9

    Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

  • Psalms 77:7

    Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

  • 1 Chronicles 28:9

    And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the God.
28:7; 140:7; Ex 15:2; Isa 40:31; 45:24; Zec 10:12; Eph 6:10
Php 4:13
why dost.
71:9; 77:7; 94:14; 1Ch 28:9
why go.
42:9

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Context

  • Psalms 43:1

    Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

  • Psalms 43:2

    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?

  • Psalms 43:3

    O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

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Psalms 43:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pues que tú eres el Dios de mi fortaleza, ¿por qué me has desechado? ¿por qué andaré enlutado por la opresión del enemigo?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car toi, ô Dieu! tu es ma force; pourquoi m’as-tu rejeté? Pourquoi marché-je en deuil à cause de l’oppression de l’ennemi?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn du bist der Gott meiner Stärke. Warum hast du mich verworfen? Warum gehe ich trauernd einher wegen der Bedrückung des Feindes?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Deus, auribus nostris audivimus, patres nostri annuntiaverunt nobis, opus quod operatus es in diebus eorum, et in diebus antiquis.