Shīpiān 43:2

2 Yīnwei nǐ shì cì wǒ lìliang de shén , wèihé diūqì wǒ ne . wǒ wèihé yīn chóudí de qīyē shícháng āitòng ne .

Shīpiān 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and left in a desolate condition by him, and he did not immediately arise to his help and deliverance, and had withdrawn the light of his countenance from him; but God does not cast off or reject any of his people; they always continue in his love, and in his covenant, and in the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).

Shīpiān 43:2 In-Context

1 Shén a , qiú nǐ shēn wǒde yuān , xiàng bù qiánchéng de guó , wèi wǒ biàn qū . qiú nǐ jiù wǒ tuōlí guǐzhà bú yì de rén .

2 Yīnwei nǐ shì cì wǒ lìliang de shén , wèihé diūqì wǒ ne . wǒ wèihé yīn chóudí de qīyē shícháng āitòng ne .

3 Qiú nǐ fāchū nǐde liàngguāng hé zhēn shí , hǎo yǐndǎo wǒ , daì wǒ dào nǐde shèng shān , dào nǐde jū suǒ .

4 Wǒ jiù zǒu dào shén de jìtán , dào wǒ zuì xǐlè de shén nàli . shén a , wǒde shén , wǒ yào tán qín chēngzàn nǐ .

5 Wǒde xīn nǎ , nǐ wèihé yōu mēn , wèihé zaì wǒ lǐmiàn fán zào . yīn dāng yǎngwàng shén . yīn wǒ hái yào chēngzàn tā . tā shì wǒ liǎn shang de guāngróng , ( yuánwén zuò bāngzhu ) shì wǒde shén .