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Psalms 43:2

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For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
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  1. Psalms 28:7Rank 1 from verse 2
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    7The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

  2. Psalms 42:9Rank 2 from verse 2
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    9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  3. Ephesians 6:10Rank 3 from verse 2
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    10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

  4. Isaiah 40:31Rank 4 from verse 2
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    31But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

  5. Psalms 94:14Rank 5 from verse 2
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    14For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

  6. Psalms 44:9Rank 6 from verse 2
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    9But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

  7. 1 Chronicles 28:9Rank 7 from verse 2
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    9¶ And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

  8. Exodus 15:2Rank 8 from verse 2
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    2The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

  9. Isaiah 45:24Rank 9 from verse 2
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    24Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

  10. Psalms 140:7Rank 10 from verse 2
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    7O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

  11. Psalms 71:9Rank 11 from verse 2
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    9Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

  12. Psalms 77:7Rank 12 from verse 2
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    7Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

  13. Zechariah 10:12Rank 13 from verse 2
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    12And I will strengthen them in the Lord; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord.

  14. Philippians 4:13Rank 14 from verse 2
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    13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

  15. Psalms 31:4Rank 15 from verse 2
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    4Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

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Psalms 43:2

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

art

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1. The second-person singular present form of be: are, when one person is addressed. 2. Skill, craft, or skilled workmanship used to make or prepare something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

strength

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Power, might, force, ability, firmness, courage, capacity, support, defence, resources, or that by which a person or thing is enabled to stand, act, endure, overcome, or accomplish a work.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

dost

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Sense 1: Do: perform, act, or carry out. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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cast

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1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

mourning

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Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of mourn, meaning to grieve, sorrow, lament, weep, or express distress. Sense 2: To show the effects of ruin and sorrow.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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43:1JUDGE me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

43:2For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

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43:3O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

43:4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.

43:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

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