Salmos 43:2

2 Ya que tú eres el Dios de mi fortaleza, ¿por qué me has rechazado? ¿Por qué ando sombrío por la opresión del enemigo?

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and left in a desolate condition by him, and he did not immediately arise to his help and deliverance, and had withdrawn the light of his countenance from him; but God does not cast off or reject any of his people; they always continue in his love, and in his covenant, and in the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 Hazme justicia, oh Dios, y defiende mi causa contra una nación impía; líbrame del hombre engañoso e injusto.

2 Ya que tú eres el Dios de mi fortaleza, ¿por qué me has rechazado? ¿Por qué ando sombrío por la opresión del enemigo?

3 Envía tu luz y tu verdad; que ellas me guíen, que me lleven a tu santo monte, y a tus moradas.

4 Entonces llegaré al altar de Dios, a Dios, mi supremo gozo; y al son de la lira te alabaré, oh Dios, Dios mío.

5 ¿Por qué te abates, alma mía, y por qué te turbas dentro de mí? Espera en Dios, pues he de alabarle otra vez. ¡El es la salvación de mi ser, y mi Dios!