Psalm 43:2

New English Translation

For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:9

“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.

Psalm 140:7

O sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.

Psalm 28:7

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.

Psalm 31:4

You will free me from the net they hid for me, for you are my place of refuge.

Psalm 42:10

My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 42:9

I will pray to God, my high ridge: “Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”

Psalm 44:9

But you rejected and embarrassed us! You did not go into battle with our armies.

Psalm 71:9

Do not reject me in my old age! When my strength fails, do not abandon me!

Psalm 77:7

I asked, “Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor?

Psalm 88:15

I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.

Psalm 94:14

Certainly the Lord does not forsake his people; he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him.

Exodus 15:2

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.

Isaiah 40:31

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.

Isaiah 45:24

they will say about me, “Yes, the Lord is a powerful deliverer.”’” All who are angry at him will cower before him.

Zechariah 10:12

Thus I will strengthen them by my power, and they will walk about in my name,” says the Lord.

Ephesians 6:10

Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.

Philippians 4:13

I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.