Psalm 42 (New American Standard)
BOOK 2
Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile.
1 As the deer a pants for the water brooks, So my soul b1pants for You, O God. 2 My soul 2thirsts for God, for the 3living God ; When shall I come and c4appear before God ? 3 My 5tears have been my food day and night, While they 6say to me all day long, "Where is your God ?" 4 These things I remember and I 7pour out my soul within me. For I 8used to go along with the throng and dlead them in procession to the house of God, With the voice of 9joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival. 5 10Why are you e11in despair, O my soul ? And why have you become 12disturbed within me? f13Hope in God, for I shall gagain praise hHim For the i14help of His presence. 6 O my God, my soul is jin despair within me; Therefore I 15remember You from 16the land of the Jordan And the kpeaks of 17Hermon, from Mount Mizar. 7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls ; All Your 18breakers and Your waves have rolled over me. 8 The LORD will 19command His lovingkindness in the daytime ; And His song will be with me 20in the night, A prayer to 21the God of my life. 9 I will say to God 22my rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go 23mourning lbecause of the 24oppression of the enemy ?" 10 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me, While they 25say to me all day long, "Where is your God ?" 11 26Why are you min despair, O my soul ? And why have you become disturbed within me? nHope in God, for I shall yet praise Him, The ohelp of my countenance and my God.New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, California. All rights reserved. (New American Standard)
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
- Psalms
- Psalms 42
- Psalms 42:1
- Psalms 42:2
- Psalms 42:3
- Psalms 42:4
- Psalms 42:5
- Psalms 42:6
- Psalms 42:7
- Psalms 42:8
- Psalms 42:9
- Psalms 42:10
- Psalms 42:11
Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete)
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Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)
The Treasury of David
- Psalms 42:1
- Psalms 42:2
- Psalms 42:3
- Psalms 42:4
- Psalms 42:5
- Psalms 42:6
- Psalms 42:7
- Psalms 42:8
- Psalms 42:9
- Psalms 42:10
- Psalms 42:11
Treasury Of Scripture Knowledge
- Psalms
- Psalms 42
- Psalms 42:1
- Psalms 42:2
- Psalms 42:3
- Psalms 42:4
- Psalms 42:5
- Psalms 42:6
- Psalms 42:7
- Psalms 42:8
- Psalms 42:9
- Psalms 42:10
- Psalms 42:11
Wesley's Explanatory Notes
a.
Psalm 42:1 - Lit "longs for"
b.
Psalm 42:1 - Lit "longs for"
c.
Psalm 42:2 - Some mss read "see the face of God"
d.
Psalm 42:4 - Or "move slowly with them"
e.
Psalm 42:5 - Or "sunk down"
f.
Psalm 42:5 - Or "Wait for"
g.
Psalm 42:5 - Or "still"
h.
Psalm 42:5 - Some ancient versions read "Him, the help of my countenance and my God"
i.
Psalm 42:5 - Or "saving acts of"
j.
Psalm 42:6 - Or "sunk down"
k.
Psalm 42:6 - Lit "Hermons"
l.
Psalm 42:9 - Or "while the enemy oppresses"
m.
Psalm 42:11 - Or "sunk down"
n.
Psalm 42:11 - Or "Wait for"
o.
Psalm 42:11 - Or "saving acts of"