_AS THE HART PANTETH AFTER THE WATER BROOKS, SO PANTETH MY SOUL AFTER THEE, O GOD._ Psalms 42:1; Psalms 43:1 form one pair, and therefore have but one title, as Psalms 1:1; Psalms 2:1. Psalms 42:1.-The Psalmist's panting after restoration to the sanctuary, from which he has been excluded by God's j... [ Continue Reading ]
_MY SOUL THIRSTETH FOR GOD, FOR THE LIVING GOD: WHEN SHALL I COME AND APPEAR BEFORE GOD?_ My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God. It is not a mere dead idol I thirst for, but the God who has life in Himself, and imparts life to His people (Psalms 42:8), "the God of my life." WHEN SHALL I C... [ Continue Reading ]
_MY TEARS HAVE BEEN MY MEAT DAY AND NIGHT, WHILE THEY CONTINUALLY SAY UNTO ME, WHERE IS THY GOD?_ My tears have been my meat day and night - I cannot eat with sadness. Instead of "meat," or food, tears are my continual portion, as in Psalms 80:5 (cf. Psalms 102:4; Job 3:24; 1 Samuel 1:7). WHILE TH... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN I REMEMBER THESE THINGS, I POUR OUT MY SOUL IN ME: FOR I HAD GONE WITH THE MULTITUDE, I WENT WITH THEM TO THE HOUSE OF GOD, WITH THE VOICE OF JOY AND PRAISE, WITH A MULTITUDE THAT KEPT HOLYDAY._ When I remember these (things), I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude - rath... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHY ART THOU CAST DOWN, O MY SOUL? AND WHY ART THOU DISQUIETED IN ME? HOPE THOU IN GOD: FOR I SHALL YET PRAISE HIM FOR THE HELP OF HIS COUNTENANCE._ Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? He is affected in a double manner: (1) by dejection (Hebrew, 'bowed down'); ... [ Continue Reading ]
_O MY GOD, MY SOUL IS CAST DOWN WITHIN ME: THEREFORE WILL I REMEMBER THEE FROM THE LAND OF JORDAN, AND OF THE HERMONITES, FROM THE HILL MIZAR._ O my God, my soul is cast down within me. David here follows out his own call to his soul to 'hope in God' (Psalms 42:5). Jonah evidently based his prayer... [ Continue Reading ]
_DEEP CALLETH UNTO DEEP AT THE NOISE OF THY WATERSPOUTS: ALL THY WAVES AND THY BILLOWS ARE GONE OVER ME._ Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy water-spouts - expansion of the first clause of Psalms 42:6, "My soul is cast down within me." One flood of suffering invites another flood to pour it... [ Continue Reading ]
_YET THE LORD WILL COMMAND HIS LOVINGKINDNESS IN THE DAYTIME, AND IN THE NIGHT HIS SONG SHALL BE WITH ME, AND MY PRAYER UNTO THE GOD OF MY LIFE._ Yet the Lord will command his loving kindness in the day-time, and in the night his song shall be with me - in beautiful contrast to Psalms 42:3, "My tea... [ Continue Reading ]
_I WILL SAY UNTO GOD MY ROCK, WHY HAST THOU FORGOTTEN ME? WHY GO I MOURNING BECAUSE OF THE OPPRESSION OF THE ENEMY?_ I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Not despair; for faith (Psalms 42:8) has triumphed by this time; but the appeal of trust (Psalms 22:1). Thou canst not possib... [ Continue Reading ]
_AS WITH A SWORD IN MY BONES, MINE ENEMIES REPROACH ME; WHILE THEY SAY DAILY UNTO ME, WHERE IS THY GOD?_ (As) with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me - literally, 'in slaughter;' i:e., it is like a slaughter ("a sword," the instrument of slaughter, Ezekiel 21:28) "in my bones," that "min... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHY ART THOU CAST DOWN O MY SOUL? AND WHY ART THOU DISQUIETED WITHIN ME? HOPE THOU IN GOD: FOR I SHALL_ _ WHY ART THOU CAST DOWN, O MY SOUL? AND WHY ART THOU DISQUIETED WITHIN ME? HOPE THOU IN GOD: FOR I SHALL YET PRAISE HIM, WHO IS THE HEALTH OF MY COUNTENANCE, AND MY GOD._ Why art thou cast down... [ Continue Reading ]