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?
• 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?”
• New Living Translation (NLT)“O God my rock,” I cry, “why have you forgotten me? Why must I wander around in grief, oppressed by my enemies?”

Context of Psalms 42:9

7Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me. 8By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life. I say to God my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?” 10My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, “Where is your God?” 11Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed 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

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 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, Lord, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.
• Psalms 62:2Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
• Psalms 78:35They remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.
• Psalms 13:1How long, 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 cries of anguish?
• Psalms 44:23Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.
• Psalms 77:9Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has he in anger withheld his compassion?”
• Isaiah 40:27Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say, Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded by my God”?
• Isaiah 49:15“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!
• Psalms 38:6I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.
• Psalms 43:2You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?
• Psalms 88:9my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, Lord, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
• Job 30:26Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.
• Psalms 55:3because of what my enemy is saying, because of the threats of the wicked; for they bring down suffering on me and assail me in their anger.
• Ecclesiastes 4:1Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed— and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors— and they have 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