Psalms 42:3

Psalms 42:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
• New International Version (NIV)My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, "Where is your God?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say to me, “Where is your God?”

Context of Psalms 42:3

1As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. 2I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him? Day and night I have only tears for food, while my enemies continually taunt me, saying, “Where is this God of yours?” 4My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid the sound of a great celebration! 5Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and

Psalms 42:3 word by word

הָֽיְתָה־לִּ֬י דִמְעָתִ֣י לֶ֭חֶם יוֹמָ֣ם וָלָ֑יְלָה בֶּאֱמֹ֥ר אֵלַ֥י כָּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם אַיֵּ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My tearsדִּמְעָהdim‛âh · tearsH1832
• have been my meatלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899
• dayיוֹמָםyômâm · by dayH3119
• and nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• while they continuallyיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Psalms 42:3

• Psalms 80:5You have fed us with sorrow and made us drink tears by the bucketful.
• Psalms 102:9I eat ashes for food. My tears run down into my drink
• 2 Samuel 16:12And perhaps the Lord will see that I am being wronged and will bless me because of these curses today.”
• Psalms 42:10Their taunts break my bones. They scoff, “Where is this God of yours?”
• Psalms 3:2So many are saying, “God will never rescue him!” Interlude
• Psalms 22:8“Is this the one who relies on the Lord? Then let the Lord save him! If the Lord loves him so much, let the Lord rescue him!”
• Psalms 79:10Why should pagan nations be allowed to scoff, asking, “Where is their God?” Show us your vengeance against the nations, for they have spilled the blood of your servants.
• Psalms 115:2Why let the nations say, “Where is their God?”

Commentaries on Psalms 42:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3My tears have been my meat day and night - My longing has been so intense after spiritual blessings, that I have forgotten to take my necessary food; and my sorrow has been so great, that I have had no appetite for any. I feel more for the honor of my God and his truth than for myself, when the idolaters, who have thy people in captivity, insultingly cry, Where is thy God?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3My tears have been my meat - The word rendered tears in this place is in the singular number, and means literally weeping. Compare Psalm 39:12. The word meat here means literally bread, and is used in the general signification of food, as the word meat is always used in the English version of the Bible. The English word meat, which originally signified food, has been changed gradually in its signification, until it now denotes in common usage animal food…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Crying so much that tears become food shows deep sadness (Psalms 80:5; 102:9; see 6:6; 56:8; 119:136; 126:5). The wicked try to impose their timing on God and deny his power to intervene.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Where is thy God?--implying that He had forsaken him (compare 2Sa 16:7; Psa 3:2; 22:8).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 42:3

• Desire
• Infidelity
• Persecution
• Scoffing
• Seekers
• Tears
• Thirst

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Day and Night
• Cast
• Disquiet
• Fat
• Pant
• Poetry
• Psalms
• Thirst

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