The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 43:1-5

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THE close connection of this psalm with the preceding has been already noticed (see the introduction to Psalms 42:1-11.). We must not, however, suppose an accidental detachment. Rather Psalms 43:1-5, is a supplementary stanza, added subsequently by the same or a different writer. Being intended as a continuation, the psalm has naturally no title.

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commentaryMatthew Henry on Psalms 43:1-5As to the quarrel God had with David for sin, he prays, Enter not into judgment with me, if Thou doest so I shall be condemned; but as to the quarrel his enemies had with him, he prays, Lord, judge me, and in thy provid…Matthew Henry commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 43:1Judge me, O God (comp. Psalms 35:24). And plead my cause. (comp. Psalms 35:1). God's intervention is asked in the struggle between David and his enemies, on the assumed ground that he is in the right, and not they. God…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 43:1-5Strengthening the heart in God. What Jonathan did for David when he went to him into the wood of Ziph, David does here for himself—he strengthens his heart in God (1 Samuel 23:16). "Hope in God." We learn here that— I.…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 43:1-5God the salvation of the countenance; or, a light heart makes a bright face. Dr. Binnie remarks, "The forty-second and forty-third [psalms] (which go together), were almost certainly written by the Korahites who accompa…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 43:2For thou art the God of my strength; i.e. the God in whom is all my strength (Psalms 28:7). Why dost thou cast me off? An equivalent to the "Why hast thou forgotten me?" of Psalms 42:9. Why go I mourning because of the…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 43:3O send out thy light and thy truth (Psalms 40:11; Psalms 57:3, where, however, "mercy ( חסד) and truth" take the place of "light and truth"). Both words equally signify God's favour. Let them lead me. As the pillar of f…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 43:4Then will I go unto the altar Of God. As the special place where thanksgiving ought to be made, and sacrifice offered (see 2 Samuel 6:17; 1 Chronicles 16:1). Unto God my exceeding Joy; literally, unto God the gladness o…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 43:4God my exceeding Joy. As the Bible teems with thoughts which never would have entered men's minds without Divine teaching, so also of feelings, which, had they not been real, men would never have aspired or pretended to…Joseph S. Exell and contributors