King James Version
Psalms 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 Psalms chapter 43 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew 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?”
Psalms 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
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For thou art the God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“I mourning”
H6937to be ashy, i.e., dark-colored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
“why go”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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