I will say unto God; I will expostulate the case with him. My rock; who hath formerly been a sure refuge to me. Why hast thou forgotten me? why dost thou now seem quite to forget and neglect me? Why go I mourning? why dost thou leave me in this mournful state, and not succour me speedily?
Verse Psalms 42:9. _I WILL SAY UNTO GOD MY ROCK_] God, my Fortress and Support. _WHY HAST THOU FORGOTTEN MEAT_] This and the following verse is badly pointed in our Bibles: "Why go I mourning as wit...
I WILL SAY UNTO GOD MY ROCK - I will appeal to God as my defense, my helper, my Saviour. On the word rock, as applied to God, see the notes at Psalms 18:2. WHY HAST THOU FORGOTTEN ME? - See the notes...
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...
GOD. Hebrew El. App-4. In edition of 1611 this was printed "My God". ROCK. mountain crag, or fortress. Hebrew. _sela'._ See note on Deuteronomy 32:13.Deuteronomy 18:1; Deuteronomy 18:2....
From self he turns to God and pleads his cause....
Having thus recalled God's mercy in the past he expostulates with Him for having abandoned him, and exposed him to the sneers of his enemies....
_I will say_ Or, _Let me say_, the tense (voluntative, as in Psalms 42:4) emphatically expressing his resolution. _my rock_ The word, lit. my _cliff_or _crag_(_sela_), is used of God as a refuge only...
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...
_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 (P...
42:9 of (f-18) Or 'amid.'...
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...
Apparently we have now the very words of the prayer just mentioned....
_[Psalms 42:10]_ אֹומְרָ֤ה ׀ לְ אֵ֥ל סַלְעִי֮ לָמָ֪ה...
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...
In this confidence he will look up to his rock with joy, and he will look round on the insulting foe with indifference. Doth the foe demand where is now thy God? Where should he be, but always engaged...
9._I will say to God my rock _If we read the preceding verse in the past tense, the meaning of this verse will be, Since God has, in this way, heretofore shown himself so kind towards me, I will pray...
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...
I WILL SAY UNTO GOD MY ROCK,.... A name frequently given to the eternal God, Father, Son, and Spirit, Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalms 18:2; WHY HAST THOU FORGOTTEN ME? Psalms 13:1; why go I
_I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?_ Ver. 9. _I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me?_] _Tene veto mei...
_Yet the Lord will command_ Will effectually provide and confer upon me; _his lovingkindness_ His blessings, the effect of his lovingkindness, which God is often said to command. _In the day-time, and...
I will say unto God, my Rock, a specimen of his prayer being given here, WHY HAST THOU FORGOTTEN ME? WHY GO I MOURNING, in deep grief and sorrow, BECAUSE OF THE OPPRESSION OF THE ENEMY, with its excru...
AN EXILE'S LONGING FOR ZION. To the chief musician, for performance in the liturgical part of the Temple-services, Maschil, a didactic poem, for the sons of Korah, written by some member of this Levit...
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...
Psalms 42:9 say H559 (H8799) God H410 Rock H5553 forgotten H7911 (H8804) go H3212 (H8799) mourning...
‘Yet in the daytime YHWH used to command his covenant love, And in the night his song was with me, Even a prayer to the God of my life. I will say to God my rock, Why have you forgotten me? Why do...
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...
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...
_I will say unto God my Rock, Why hast Thou forgotten me?_ why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? DAVID’S EXPOSTULATION WITH GOD I. The preface or introduction. “I will say unto...
_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...
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...
Ecclesiastes 4:1; Isaiah 40:27; Isaiah 49:15; Job 30:26; La