Psalms 42:9

Psalms 42:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
• New International Version (NIV)I say to God my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)I say to God, my rock: "Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

Context of Psalms 42:9

7Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me. 8The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life. I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?” 10Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” 11Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

Psalms 42:9 word by word

אוֹמְרָ֤ה׀ לְאֵ֥ל סַלְעִי֮ לָמָ֪ה שְׁכַ֫חְתָּ֥נִי לָֽמָּה־קֹדֵ֥ר אֵלֵ֗ךְ בְּלַ֣חַץ אוֹיֵֽב׃Read the interlinear

• I sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• my Rockסֶ֫לַעsela‛ · cragH5553
• Whyמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• have You forgotten meשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
• must I walkהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• in sorrowקָדַרqâdar · be darkH6937
• because of the enemy’sאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• oppressionלַ֫חַץlachats · oppressionH3906

Cross-references for Psalms 42:9

• Psalms 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
• Psalms 28:1To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
• Psalms 62:2He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
• Psalms 78:35And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.
• Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
• Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
• Psalms 44:23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
• Psalms 77:9Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah
• Isaiah 40:27Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
• Isaiah 49:15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!
• Psalms 38:6I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
• Psalms 43:2For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
• Psalms 88:9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
• Job 30:26But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
• Psalms 55:3at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster upon me and resent me in their anger.
• Ecclesiastes 4:1Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

Commentaries on Psalms 42:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9I will say unto God my rock - God, my Fortress and Support. Why hast thou forgotten me? - This and the following verse is badly pointed in our Bibles: "Why go I mourning as with a sword in my bones because of the oppression of the enemy? Mine enemies reproach me daily, while they say unto me, Where is thy God?" See on Psalm 42:3; (note). Their reproaches are to my soul as cutting and severe as a sword thrust into my body, and separating between my bones…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9I will say unto God my rock - I will appeal to God as my defense, my helper, my Saviour. On the word rock, as applied to God, see the notes at Psalm 18:2. Why hast thou forgotten me? - See the notes at Psalm 22:1. He had seemed to forget and forsake him, for He did not come to interpose and save him. This is a part of the prayer which he says Psalm 42:8 that he would use. Why go I mourning? - On the meaning of the word used here - קדר qodēr - see Psalm…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 The way to forget our miseries, is to remember the God of our mercies. David saw troubles coming from God's wrath, and that discouraged him. But if one trouble follow hard after another, if all seem to combine for our ruin, let us remember they are all appointed and overruled by the Lord. David regards the Divine favour as the fountain of all the good he looked for. In the Saviour's name let us hope and pray. One word from him will calm every…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10The psalmist brings his many doubts, discouragements, and questions directly to God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. in view of which [Psa 42:8], he dictates to himself a prayer based on his distress, aggravated as it was by the cruel taunts and infidel suggestions of his foes.Read the comment

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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