King James Version
psalm 43:2 in the King James Version says “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...” — study this verse from psalm chapter 43 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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?”
psalm 43:2 · KJV
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. ungodly: or, unmerciful the deceitful: Heb. a man of deceit and iniquity
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?
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. my exceeding: Heb. the gladness of my joy
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