New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 42
Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile.
For the choir director. A Possibly Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful PsalmMaskil of the sons of Korah.
1As the deer 1pants for the water brooks, So my soul 23pants for You, O God.2My soul 4thirsts for God, for the 5living God; When shall I come and 67appear before God?3My 8tears have been my food day and night, While they 9say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”4These things I remember and I 10pour out my soul within me. For I 11used to go along with the throng and 12lead them in procession to the house of God, With the voice of 13joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.
514Why are you 1516in despair, O my soul? And why have you become 17disturbed within me? 1819Hope in God, for I shall 20again praise 21Him For the 2223help of His presence.6O my God, my soul is 24in despair within me; Therefore I 25remember You from 26the land of the Jordan And the 27peaks of 28Hermon, from Mount Mizar.7Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls; All Your 29breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.8The Lord will 30command His lovingkindness in the daytime; And His song will be with me 31in the night, A prayer to 32the God of my life.
9I will say to God 33my rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go 34mourning 35because of the 36oppression of the enemy?”10As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me, While they 37say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”1138Why are you 39in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? 40Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him, The 41help of my countenance and my God.
Notes
- 1. Psalms 42:1 Lit longs for ↩
- 2. Psalms 42:1 Lit longs for ↩
- 3. Psalms 42:1 Ps 119:131 ↩
- 4. Psalms 42:2 Ps 63:1; 84:2; 143:6 ↩
- 5. Psalms 42:2 Josh 3:10; Ps 84:2; Jer 10:10; Dan 6:26; Matt 26:63; Rom 9:26; 1 Thess 1:9 ↩
- 6. Psalms 42:2 Some mss read see the face of God ↩
- 7. Psalms 42:2 Ex 23:17; Ps 43:4; 84:7 ↩
- 8. Psalms 42:3 Ps 80:5; 102:9 ↩
- 9. Psalms 42:3 Ps 79:10; 115:2; Joel 2:17; Mic 7:10 ↩
- 10. Psalms 42:4 1 Sam 1:15; Job 30:16; Ps 62:8; Lam 2:19 ↩
- 11. Psalms 42:4 Ps 55:14; 122:1; Is 30:29 ↩
- 12. Psalms 42:4 Or move slowly with them ↩
- 13. Psalms 42:4 Ps 100:4 ↩
- 14. Psalms 42:5 Ps 42:11; 43:5 ↩
- 15. Psalms 42:5 Or sunk down ↩
- 16. Psalms 42:5 Ps 38:6; Matt 26:38 ↩
- 17. Psalms 42:5 Ps 77:3 ↩
- 18. Psalms 42:5 Or Wait for ↩
- 19. Psalms 42:5 Ps 71:14; Lam 3:24 ↩
- 20. Psalms 42:5 Or still ↩
- 21. Psalms 42:5 Some ancient versions read Him, the help of my countenance and my God ↩
- 22. Psalms 42:5 Or saving acts of ↩
- 23. Psalms 42:5 Ps 44:3 ↩
- 24. Psalms 42:6 Or sunk down ↩
- 25. Psalms 42:6 Ps 61:2 ↩
- 26. Psalms 42:6 2 Sam 17:22 ↩
- 27. Psalms 42:6 Lit Hermons ↩
- 28. Psalms 42:6 Deut 3:8 ↩
- 29. Psalms 42:7 Ps 69:1, 2; 88:7; Jon 2:3 ↩
- 30. Psalms 42:8 Ps 57:3; 133:3 ↩
- 31. Psalms 42:8 Job 35:10; Ps 16:7; 63:6; 77:6; 149:5 ↩
- 32. Psalms 42:8 Eccl 5:18; 8:15 ↩
- 33. Psalms 42:9 Ps 18:2 ↩
- 34. Psalms 42:9 Ps 38:6 ↩
- 35. Psalms 42:9 Or while the enemy oppresses ↩
- 36. Psalms 42:9 Ps 17:9 ↩
- 37. Psalms 42:10 Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17 ↩
- 38. Psalms 42:11 Ps 42:5; 43:5 ↩
- 39. Psalms 42:11 Or sunk down ↩
- 40. Psalms 42:11 Or Wait for ↩
- 41. Psalms 42:11 Or saving acts of ↩
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
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