Deep calleth unto deep, with the confused noise of deep waters in mighty agitation, at the noise of Thy waterspouts, when floods or cataracts of water come like a deluge; all Thy waves and Thy billows are gone over me, the floods of his sorrow, as sent by God, overwhelmed him. But even while the poet voices his complaint, he once more gains the proper trust in Jehovah.
Verse Psalms 42:7. _DEEP CALLETH UNTO DEEP_] One wave of sorrow rolls on me, impelled by another. There is something _dismal_ in the sound of the original; תהום אל תהום קורא _tehom el tehom kore_; som...
DEEP CALLETH UNTO DEEP - The language used here would seem to imply that the psalmist was near some floods of water, some rapid river or water-fall, which constituted an appropriate illustration of th...
II. THE EXODUS SECTION: BOOK TWO:PSALM 42-72 The second division of the book of Psalms corresponds to the book of Exodus, the second book of the Pentateuch. That book begins with the groans and moans...
PSALMS 42, 43. Originally these two Pss. were one. This is proved by the long refrain common to each, Why art thou cast down, O my soul, etc. It recurs in Psalms 42:5; Psalms 42:11 and Psalms 43:5, an...
From self he turns to God and pleads his cause....
_at the noise of thy waterspouts_ Better, in the roar of thy cataracts. God is sending upon him one trouble after another. He is overwhelmed with a flood of misfortunes. The metaphorical language is d...
DEEP CALLED UNTO DEEP— Bishop Lowth observes, that no metaphor occurs more frequently in the sacred poems than that by which grievous and sudden calamities are expressed under the image of overflowing...
THE PSALMS BOOK THE SECOND Psalms 42, 43 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Debarred Worshipper Mastering his Sorrow. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 42:1-5, A Debarred Worshipper, Nursing his Grief, nevertheless Striv...
_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 Ps...
AT THE NOISE OF THY WATERSPOUTS] better, 'in the roar of thy cataracts,' the cascades that rush down Hermon when the snow melts in spring. THY WAVES AND.. BILLOWS] a figure for trouble, probably in th...
BOOK 2 The second and third Books of the Psalter (Psalms 42-72, 73-89) are but the two parts of a whole, the largest section of which (Psalms 42-83) is called the Elohistic Psalter, because the name E...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
DEEP CALLETH UNTO DEEP AT THE NOISE OF THY WATERSPOUTS. — Better, _Flood calleth unto flood at the noise of thy cataracts._ The exile is describing what was before his eyes, and in his ears. There can...
_[Psalms 42:8]_ תְּהֹֽום ־אֶל ־תְּהֹ֣ום קֹ֭ורֵא לְ...
Psalms 42:1 , PSALMS 43:1 THE second book of the Psalter is characterised by the use of the Divine name "Elohim" instead of "Jehovah." It begins with a cluster of seven psalms (reckoning Psalms 42:1;...
THIRSTING AFTER GOD Psalms 42:1 This psalm clearly embalms the holy musings and yearnings of the exiled king during Absalom's rebellion. Their setting to music was left to the sons of Korah, 2 Chroni...
This is the song of an exile and, moreover, of an exile among enemies who have no sympathy with his religious convictions. He cries out after God with all the intensity of one who knows God and cares...
(g) Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. (g) Afflictions came so thick upon me that I felt overwhelmed: by which he shows there is n...
Surely Christ is here. For of whom but him can it be said, that all God's waves went over him. Jonah, as a type of Christ, cried out of the belly of hell. And David typically considered might say the...
7._Depth calleth unto depth _These words express the grievousness, as well as the number and long continuance, of the miseries which he suffered; as if he had said, I am oppressed not only with one ki...
BOOK 2 - PSALMS 42-72 In the second book, the remnant is viewed as outside Jerusalem, and the city as given up to wickedness. This is seen throughout it. The covenant connection of the Jews with Jehov...
DEEP CALLETH UNTO DEEP AT THE NOISE OF THE WATER SPOUTS,.... By which are meant afflictions, comparable to the deep waters of the sea, for their multitude and overwhelming nature; see Psalms 69:1; the...
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. Ver. 7. _Deep calleth unto deep_] _Vorago voraginem advocat,_ _i.e._ one calamity inviteth anot...
_Deep calleth unto deep_ One affliction comes immediately after another, as if it were called for, or invited by the former. This he expresses by a metaphor taken from the old flood, when the upper de...
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...
DEEP CALLETH UNTO DEEP, i.e. one affliction comes immediately after another, as if it were called for and invited by the former; which he expresseth by a metaphor taken either, 1. From the old flood,...
Psalms 42:7 Deep H8415 calls H7121 (H8802) deep H8415 noise H6963 waterfalls H6794 waves H4867 billows H1530 over...
‘O my God, my soul is cast down within me, Therefore do I remember you from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar. Deep calls to deep at the noise of your downpourings, All...
Psalms 42:7 I. Notice the force of the image which is here employed. Resistless power, impassive fixedness of purpose, and a certain solemn sadness make the ocean waves the grandest image of the cala...
Psalms 42 This Psalm contains a prescription for a downcast soul, consisting of three ingredients. I. The first is inquiry: " _Why_art thou cast down?" Religious despondency must have a cause; and i...
Psalms 42:1. _As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God._ «As the hart panteth» or «brayeth.» And if such be your soul's panting after God, you shall have what...
Psalms 42:1. _As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God._ Hunted, hot, weary, thirsty! It must drink or die. You see the poor creature with the big tears in its...
Psalms 42:1. _As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God._ It is said that when they cannot find water, they sometimes let loose a hart, which, flying over the d...
We often read this Psalm, because we are very often in the same state that the psalmist was in when he wrote it, and the language seems to suit us at many periods of our life. Psalms 42:1. _As the ha...
CONTENTS: The experiences of a much afflicted saint and his confidence in God. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: God often teaches His saints effectually to know the worth of His mercies by cau...
Psalms 42:3. _Tears have been my meat._ I abstained from food to indulge in grief: my sorrows have superseded the desire of food. Psalms 42:6. _The hill Mizar;_ the little hill on which Zoar was buil...
_As the heart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God._ THE KORACHITE PSALMS The second book of the Psalter, characterized by the use of the Divine name “Elohim” instead...
_Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all Thy waves and Thy billows are gone over me._ THE CALL OF THE UNIVERSE I have long wanted some one whose soul hears to write a poem on this...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 42:6 The second stanza sharpens the description of the singer’s situation. He is in THE LAND OF JORDAN AND OF HERMON, far from the sanctuary in Jerusalem. He knows that God is not...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_: “To the Chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.” Maschil, an instruction, a didactic poem. “The sons of Korah,” descendants of Korah, were an important company...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm, committed (like so many others) to the precentor, or. chief musician, for its musical setting, is entitled "Maschil of the sous of Korah"—_i.e._ an "instruction," or didactic ps...
So we enter now into Psalms 42:1-11 into the second book of the psalms. And as a hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God (Psalms 42:1). Jesus said, "Blessed are they...
Ezekiel 7:26; Jeremiah 4:20; Job 1:14; Job 10:17; Jonah 2:3;...
Deep — One affliction comes immediately after another, as if it were called for by the former. A metaphor taken from violent and successive showers of rain; which frequently come down from heaven, as...