Psalms 42:4

Psalms 42:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
• New International Version (NIV)These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go to the house of God under the protection of the Mighty One with shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng.
• English Standard Version (ESV)These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go with the multitude; I went with them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast.

Context of Psalms 42:4

2My soul (my life, my inner self) thirsts for God, for the living God. When will I come and see the face of God? 3My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” These things I [vividly] remember as I pour out my soul; How I used to go along before the great crowd of people and lead them in procession to the house of God [like a choirmaster before his singers, timing the steps to the music and the chant of the song], With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a great crowd keeping a festival. 5Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become restless and disturbed within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him For the help of His presence. 6O my God, my soul is in despair within me [the burden more than I can bear]; Therefore I will [fervently] remember You from the land of the Jordan And the peaks of [Mount] Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

Psalms 42:4 word by word

אֵ֤לֶּה אֶזְכְּרָ֨ה׀ וְאֶשְׁפְּכָ֬ה עָלַ֨י׀ נַפְשִׁ֗י כִּ֤י אֶֽעֱבֹ֨ר׀ בַּסָּךְ֮ אֶדַּדֵּ֗ם עַד־בֵּ֥ית אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים בְּקוֹל־רִנָּ֥ה וְתוֹדָ֗ה הָמ֥וֹן חוֹגֵֽג׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• When I rememberזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• I pour outשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: pourH8210
• my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• in me: for I had goneעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• with the multitudeסַךְsâk · throngH5519
• I wentדָּדָהdâdâh · to go slowlyH1718
• with them to the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• with the voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• of joyרִנָּהrinnâh · cryH7440
• and praiseתּוֹדָהtôdâh · thanksgivingH8426
• with a multitudeהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
• that kept holydayחָגַגchâgag · to celebrateH2287

Cross-references for Psalms 42:4

• Ruth 1:21I left full [with a husband and two sons], but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, since the Lord has testified against me and the Almighty has afflicted me?”
• Job 29:2“Oh, that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me,
• Job 30:1“But now those younger than I mock and laugh at me, Whose fathers I refused to put with the sheepdogs of my flock.
• Lamentations 4:1How dark and dim the gold has become, How the pure gold has changed! The sacred stones [of the temple] are poured out and scattered At the head of every street.
• Luke 16:25But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things [all the comforts and delights], and Lazarus likewise bad things [all the discomforts and distresses]; but now he is comforted here [in paradise], while you are in severe agony.
• Psalms 62:8Trust [confidently] in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
• 1 Samuel 1:15But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman with a despairing spirit. I have not been drinking wine or any intoxicating drink, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord.
• Job 30:16“And now my soul is poured out within me; The days of affliction have seized me.
• 1 Chronicles 15:15The Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses commanded in accordance with the word of the Lord.
• 1 Chronicles 16:1So they brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent which David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
• Psalms 81:1Sing aloud to God our strength; Shout for joy to the God of Jacob (Israel).
• Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
• Deuteronomy 16:11and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite who is within your [city] gates, and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are among you, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to establish His Name (Presence).
• 2 Chronicles 7:10And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month Solomon sent the people to their tents, rejoicing and happy in heart because of the goodness that the Lord had shown to David, to Solomon, and to His people Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 30:23Then the whole assembly decided to celebrate [the feast] for another seven days; and they celebrated it another seven days with joy.
• Isaiah 30:29You will have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept, And joy of heart as when one marches [in procession] with a flute, To go to the [temple on the] mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.

Commentaries on Psalms 42:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4When I remember these things - Or, these things I shall remember. They often occur to me, and sharpen my distressful feelings. My soul is dissolved, becomes weak as water, when I reflect on what I have had, and on what I have lost. Or, I pour out my soul to myself in deep regrets and complaints, when reflecting on these things. I once enjoyed all the ordinances of God, and now I have none. I once had the joyous communion of saints in God's ordinances; but…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4When I remember these things - These sorrows; this banishment from the house of God; these reproaches of my enemies. The verb used here is in the future tense, and would be appropriately rendered “I will remember these things, and I will pour out my soul within me.” That is, it is not a mere recollection of the past, but it indicates a state or purpose of mind - a solemn resolution to bear these things ever in remembrance, and to allow them to produce a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The psalmist remembers leading a large procession as part of the Levitical choir, possibly during the important holy days.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. The verbs are properly rendered as futures, "I will remember," &c.,--that is, the recollection of this season of distress will give greater zest to the privileges of God's worship, when obtained.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 42:4

• Church
• Desire
• Feasts
• Joy
• Praise
• Seekers
• Thirst
• Worship

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Commentaries on Psalms 42

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings