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

7One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me. 8By day the Lord decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the living God. I will pray to God, my high ridge: “Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?” 10My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” 11Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

Psalms 42:9 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• I will sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• my rockסֶ֫לַעsela‛ · cragH5553
• Why hast thou forgottenשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
• me? why goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• I mourningקָדַרqâdar · be darkH6937
• because of the oppressionלַ֫חַץlachats · oppressionH3906
• of the enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341

Cross-references for Psalms 42:9

• Psalms 18:2The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge.
• Psalms 28:1To you, O Lord, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.
• Psalms 62:2He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be upended.
• Psalms 78:35They remembered that God was their protector, and that the sovereign God was their deliverer.
• Psalms 13:1How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?
• Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.
• Psalms 44:23Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Wake up! Do not reject us forever!
• Psalms 77:9Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?”
• Isaiah 40:27Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel, “The Lord is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication”?
• Isaiah 49:15Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!
• Psalms 38:6I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.
• Psalms 43:2For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?
• Psalms 88:9My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O Lord, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.
• Job 30:26But when I hoped for good, trouble came; when I expected light, then darkness came.
• Psalms 55:3because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.
• Ecclesiastes 4:1So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.

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