Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
appear before God—in acts of worship, the terms used in the command for the stated personal appearance of the Jews at the sanctuary.
Maschil—(See on Psalms 32:1, title). For, or of (see Introduction) the sons of Korah. The writer, perhaps one of this Levitical family of singers accompanying David in exile, mourns his absence from the sanctuary, a cause of grief aggravated by the taunts of enemies, and is comforted in hopes of relief. This course of thought is repeated with some variety of detail, but closing with the same refrain. (Psalms 42:1-11)
Compare (Psalms 63:1).
panteth—desires in a state of exhaustion.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Psalms 42:2:
Psalms 42:1-2
Isaiah 1:12
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