Psalms 43:2

American Standard Version (1901)

For thou art the God of my strength; Why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 42:9 : 9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
  • Ps 44:9 : 9 But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.
  • Ps 28:7 : 7 Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him.
  • Ps 31:4 : 4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my stronghold.
  • Exod 15:2 : 2 Jehovah is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father's God, and I will exalt him.
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
  • Ps 71:9 : 9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.
  • Ps 77:7 : 7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favorable no more?
  • Ps 94:14 : 14 For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.
  • Ps 140:7 : 7 O Jehovah the Lord, the strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
  • Isa 40:31 : 31 but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
  • Isa 45:24 : 24 Only in Jehovah, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength; even to him shall men come; and all they that were incensed against him shall be put to shame.
  • Zech 10:12 : 12 And I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith Jehovah.
  • Eph 6:10 : 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
  • Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

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  • Ps 42:9-11
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    9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

    10As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

    11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my countenance, and my God.

  • Ps 43:1
    82%

    1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

  • Ps 88:14
    81%

    14Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?

  • Ps 108:11
    79%

    11Hast not thou cast us off, O God? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.

  • Ps 60:10
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    10Hast not thou, O God, cast us off? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.

  • Ps 22:1
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    1[For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David]. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning?

  • Job 13:24
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    24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?

  • Ps 43:3-5
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    78%

    3Oh send out thy light and thy truth; Let them lead me: Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, And to thy tabernacles.

    4Then will I go unto the altar of God, Unto God my exceeding joy; And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.

    5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my countenance, and my God.

  • Ps 42:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And [why] art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him [For] the help of his countenance.

    6O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

  • Ps 74:1
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    1[Maschil of Asaph]. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

  • Ps 27:9
    77%

    9Hide not thy face from me; Put not thy servant away in anger: Thou hast been my help; Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

  • Ps 10:1
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    1Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

  • Ps 38:21
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    21Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.

  • Ps 31:4
    77%

    4Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my stronghold.

  • Ps 13:1-2
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    76%

    1[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

    2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

  • Ps 102:10
    76%

    10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.

  • Ps 22:19
    76%

    19But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.

  • Ps 42:3
    76%

    3My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

  • Ps 44:23-24
    2 verses
    76%

    23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast [us] not off for ever.

    24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

  • Ps 31:14
    76%

    14But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah: I said, Thou art my God.

  • Ps 44:9
    76%

    9But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.

  • Ps 55:3
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    3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.

  • Ps 61:3
    75%

    3For thou hast been a refuge for me, A strong tower from the enemy.

  • Ps 143:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

    4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.

  • Jonah 2:4
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    4And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

  • Job 30:21
    75%

    21Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.

  • Ps 71:11
    75%

    11Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; For there is none to deliver.

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    13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.

  • Ps 118:13
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    13Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; But Jehovah helped me.

  • Ps 30:10
    74%

    10Hear, O Jehovah, and have mercy upon me: Jehovah, be thou my helper.

  • Ps 142:6
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    6Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.

  • Ps 13:4
    74%

    4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [Lest] mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

  • Ps 71:9
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    9Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.

  • Ps 59:17
    74%

    17Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing praises: For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.

  • Ps 31:22
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    22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.

  • Lam 3:18
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    18And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.

  • Isa 40:27
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    27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God?

  • Ps 140:6
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    6I said unto Jehovah, Thou art my God: Give ear unto the voice of my supplications, O Jehovah.

  • 2 Sam 22:49
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    49And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.

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    39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

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    2Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.