Psalm 43:2

2 Denn du bist der Gott meiner Stärke. Warum hast du mich verworfen? Warum gehe ich trauernd einher wegen der Bedrückung des Feindes?

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and left in a desolate condition by him, and he did not immediately arise to his help and deliverance, and had withdrawn the light of his countenance from him; but God does not cast off or reject any of his people; they always continue in his love, and in his covenant, and in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

Psalm 43:2 In-Context

1 Schaffe mir Recht, o Gott, und führe meinen Rechtsstreit wider eine lieblose Nation! Von dem Manne des Trugs und des Unrechts errette mich!

2 Denn du bist der Gott meiner Stärke. Warum hast du mich verworfen? Warum gehe ich trauernd einher wegen der Bedrückung des Feindes?

3 Sende dein Licht und deine Wahrheit; sie sollen mich leiten, mich bringen zu deinem heiligen Berge und zu deinen Wohnungen.

4 So werde ich kommen zum Altar Gottes, zu dem Gott, der meine Jubelfreude ist, und werde dich preisen mit der Laute, Gott, mein Gott!

5 Was beugst du dich nieder, meine Seele, und was bist du unruhig in mir? Harre auf Gott! Denn ich werde ihn noch preisen, der das Heil meines Angesichts und mein Gott ist.