Psalms 43:2
For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 42:9 : 9 I will pray to God, my high ridge:“Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”
- Ps 44:9 : 9 But you rejected and embarrassed us! You did not go into battle with our armies.
- Ps 28:7 : 7 The LORD strengthens and protects me; I trust in him with all my heart. I am rescued and my heart is full of joy; I will sing to him in gratitude.
- Ps 31:4 : 4 You will free me from the net they hid for me, for you are my place of refuge.
- Exod 15:2 : 2 The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has 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 you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the LORD examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.
- Ps 71:9 : 9 Do not reject me in my old age! When my strength fails, do not abandon me!
- Ps 77:7 : 7 I asked,“Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor?
- Ps 94:14 : 14 Certainly the LORD does not forsake his people; he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him.
- Ps 140:7 : 7 O Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.
- Isa 40:31 : 31 But those who wait for the LORD’s help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.
- Isa 45:24 : 24 they will say about me,“Yes, the LORD is a powerful deliverer.”’” All who are angry at him will cower before him.
- Zech 10:12 : 12 Thus I will strengthen them by my power, and they will walk about in my name,” says the LORD.
- Eph 6:10 : 10 Exhortations for Spiritual Warfare Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.
- Phil 4:13 : 13 I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.
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- Ps 42:9-113 verses88%
9I will pray to God, my high ridge:“Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”
10My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long,“Where is your God?”
11Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
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1Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men!
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14O LORD, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?
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11Have you not rejected us, O God? O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.
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10Have you not rejected us, O God? O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.
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1For the music director; according to the tune“Morning Doe;” a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.
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24Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?
- Ps 43:3-53 verses78%
3Reveal your light and your faithfulness! They will lead me, they will escort me back to your holy hill, and to the place where you live.
4Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp.
5Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
- Ps 42:5-62 verses78%
5Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
6I am depressed, so I will pray to you while in the region of the upper Jordan, from Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
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1A well-written song by Asaph. Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?
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9Do not reject me! Do not push your servant away in anger! You are my deliverer! Do not forsake or abandon me, O God who vindicates me!
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1Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble?
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21Do not abandon me, O LORD! My God, do not remain far away from me!
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4You will free me from the net they hid for me, for you are my place of refuge.
- Ps 13:1-22 verses76%
1For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, LORD, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?
2How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me?
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10because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away.
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19But you, O LORD, do not remain far away! You are my source of strength! Hurry and help me!
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3I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me,“Where is your God?”
- Ps 44:23-242 verses76%
23Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Wake up! Do not reject us forever!
24Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?
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14But I trust in you, O LORD! I declare,“You are my God!”
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9But you rejected and embarrassed us! You did not go into battle with our armies.
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3because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.
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3Indeed, you are my shelter, a strong tower that protects me from the enemy.
- Ps 143:3-42 verses75%
3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.
4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.
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4I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple!
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21You have become cruel to me; with the strength of your hand you attack me.
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11They say,“God has abandoned him. Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!”
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1For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a prayer of David written to instruct others. It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down 12,000Edomites in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger. Please restore us!
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13Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before I pass away.
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13“You aggressively attacked me and tried to knock me down, but the LORD helped me.
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10Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me! O LORD, deliver me!”
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6Listen to my cry for help, for I am in serious trouble! Rescue me from those who chase me, for they are stronger than I am.
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4Then my enemy will say,“I have defeated him!” Then my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.
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9Do not reject me in my old age! When my strength fails, do not abandon me!
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17You are my source of strength! I will sing praises to you! For God is my refuge, the God who loves me.
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22I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
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18So I said,“My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the LORD.”
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27Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel,“The LORD is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication”?
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6I say to the LORD,“You are my God.” O LORD, pay attention to my plea for mercy!
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49He delivers me from my enemies; you snatch me away from those who attack me; you rescue me from violent men.
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39You give me strength for battle; you make my foes kneel before me.
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2The LORD is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge.