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BOOK TWO: Psalms 42—72 Yearning for God in the Midst of Distresses

To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of the sons of Korah.

1 As the deer1 pants for the water brooks,
So pants my soul for You, O God. 
2 aMy soul thirsts for God, for the bliving God.
When shall I come and1 appear before God? 
3 aMy tears have been my food day and night,
While they continually say to me,
b“Where is your God?” 
4 When I remember these things,
aI pour out my soul within me.
For I used to go with the multitude;
bI went with them to the house of God,
With the voice of joy and praise,
With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast. 
5 aWhy are you1 cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
bHope in God, for I shall yet praise Him
1For the help of His countenance. 
6 1O my God, my soul is cast down within me;
Therefore I will remember You from1 the land of the Jordan,
And from the heights of Hermon,
From the Hill Mizar. 
7 Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls;
aAll Your waves and billows have gone over me. 
8 The Lord will acommand His lovingkindness in the daytime,
And bin the night His song shall be with me—
A prayer to the God of my life. 
9 I will say to God my Rock,
a“Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?” 
10 As with a1 breaking of my bones,
My enemies1 reproach me,
aWhile they say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?” 
11 aWhy are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God;
For I shall yet praise Him,
The1 help of my countenance and my God. 
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Psalms 42:3

My 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?


 
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