Salmos 43:2

2 Pois tu és o Deus da minha fortaleza; por que me rejeitaste? por que ando em pranto por causa da opressão do inimigo?

Salmos 43:2 Meaning and 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 cast off and rejected of God, because he was afflicted and left in a desolate condition by him, and he did not immediately arise to his help and deliverance, and had withdrawn the light of his countenance from him; but God does not cast off or reject any of his people; they always continue in his love, and in his covenant, and in the hands of his Son; they are always in his sight and family, and shall never perish eternally; and whoever casts them off, or casts them out, he will not;

why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
(See Gill on Psalms 42:9).

Salmos 43:2 In-Context

1 Faze-me justiça, ó Deus, e pleiteia a minha causa contra uma nação ímpia; livra-me do homem fraudulento e iníquo.

2 Pois tu és o Deus da minha fortaleza; por que me rejeitaste? por que ando em pranto por causa da opressão do inimigo?

3 Envia a tua luz e a tua verdade, para que me guiem; levem-me elas ao teu santo monte, e � tua habitação.

4 Então irei ao altar de Deus, a Deus, que é a minha grande alegria; e ao som da harpa te louvarei, ó Deus, Deus meu.

5 Por que estás abatida, ó minha alma? e por que te perturbas dentro de mim? Espera em Deus, pois ainda o louvarei, a ele que é o meu socorro, e o meu Deus.