Commentary for Psalms 43. David endeavors to still his spirit, with hope and confidence in God. – As to the quarrel God had with David for sin, he prays, Enter not into judgment with me, if Thou does so I shall be condemned; but as to the quarrel his enemies had with him, he prays, Lord, judge me, and in thy providence appear on my behalf. Maybe the hostage in the psalm was a Levite from the house of God. We call this house a *temple. Levites were God’s servants in the *temple. He may have been one of the “*sons of Korah”. Look after Psalm 43 where it tells you who they were. Sometimes hostages never return home. They die in prison, or in the country where their enemies take them.
Psalm Chapter 43:1-5
Vindicate me, my God, and plead my cause against an unfaithful nation. Rescue me from those who are deceitful and wicked. You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy? Send me your light and your faithful care, let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell. Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God. Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
Father God, I praise You and thank You for the words of wisdom from the David the psalmist who fled to You in times of trouble and found in You his exceeding joy. Thank You that You are the joy of my salvation and the strength of my heart. erupt in my heart a faith that holds fast to my hope in You, and I believe that the trials that I am facing today would be food upon which my trust in You will feed. {But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:9} May I never forget that Your grace is sufficient and made perfect in weakness. Help me to fan into flame my faith in You, even when oppressed and discouraged. Thank You in Jesus’ name, AMEN.
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God. Psalm 43:4
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