Verse Comparison: Psalms 43:2
American Standard Version
For thou art the God of my strength; why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Amplified® Bible
For You are the God of my strength [my Stronghold--in Whom I take refuge]; why have You cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Contemporary English Version
I run to you for protection. Why have you turned me away? Why must enemies mistreat me and make me sad?
Darby English Version
For thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou cast me off? why go I about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Good News Bible
You are my protector; why have you abandoned me? Why must I go on suffering from the cruelty of my enemies?
King James Version
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?
New American Standard Bible
For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
New International Version
You are God my stronghold.
Why have you rejected me?
Why must I go about mourning,
oppressed by the enemy?
New King James Version
For You are the God of my strength;
Why do You cast me off?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For You provide my strength; why have You rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Revised Standard Version
For thou art the God in whom I take refuge; why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Young's Literal Translation
For thou `art' the God of my strength. Why hast Thou cast me off? Why mourning do I go up and down, In the oppression of an enemy?