Psalm 43:2

New International Version

You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:9

“And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.

Psalm 140:7

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

Psalm 28:7

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.

Psalm 31:4

Keep me free from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge.

Psalm 42:10

My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 42:9

I say to God my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?”

Psalm 44:9

But now you have rejected and humbled us; you no longer go out with our armies.

Psalm 71:9

Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone.

Psalm 77:7

“Will the Lord reject forever? Will he never show his favor again?

Psalm 88:15

From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.

Psalm 94:14

For the Lord will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance.

Exodus 15:2

“The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

Isaiah 40:31

but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 45:24

They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone are deliverance and strength.’ ” All who have raged against him will come to him and be put to shame.

Zechariah 10:12

I will strengthen them in the Lord and in his name they will live securely,” declares the Lord.

Ephesians 6:10

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all this through him who gives me strength.