I. The literal reference is to the place at which the Jews were accustomed statedly to worship God, which had been selected by Divine appointment, and by whose institutions were mainly preserved the objects of the Jewish economy.
II. Notice the advantages of the sanctuary. It is the scene (1) of instruction; (2) of consolation; (3) of fellowship with God; (4) of preparation for heaven.
W. M. Punshon, Sermons,p. 101.
Verse Psalms 42:4. _WHEN I REMEMBER THESE_ THINGS] Or, _these things I shall_ _remember_. They often occur to me, and sharpen my distressful feelings. My soul is dissolved, becomes weak as water, whe...
WHEN I REMEMBER THESE THINGS - These sorrows; this banishment from the house of God; these reproaches of my enemies. The verb used here is in the future tense, and would be appropriately rendered “I w...
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...
HAD GONE. shall go. WENT. shall go. HOLY DAY. feast day....
Present sorrow contrasted with past happiness....
This let me remember as I pour out my soul upon me, How I was wont to pass on with the throng, leading them to the house of God, With the voice of singing and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festi...
WHEN I REMEMBER THESE THINGS, &C.— _When I call to mind these things, my soul is melted within me; when I marched along under a scarlet canopy to the house of God, with the voice of shout and praise;...
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...
_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._...
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...
WHEN I. — The conjunction “when” is not expressed, but may be implied from the next clause. Others render, “let me recall these days (_i.e.,_ what follows), let me pour out my soul within me” (literal...
_[Psalms 42:5]_ אֵ֤לֶּה אֶזְכְּרָ֨ה ׀ וְ אֶשְׁפְּכָ֬ה עָלַ֨י...
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...
When I remember (d) 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 holy...
_Youth. St. Jerome, "the God of my joy and exultation." (Haydock) --- Syriac and Arabic agree with us, and Gil means, (Calmet) a young man, in Arabic and Hebrew. (Hammond) --- People in youth, shew fo...
Those are the sweetest remembrances, however mingled with tears, which callback past enjoyments of grace and divine fellowship. What can be more refreshing, in a dark hour, when all comfort seems for...
4._When I remember these things _This verse is somewhat obscure, on account of the variation of the tenses in the Hebrew. And yet I have no doubt that the true and natural sense is, that David, when h...
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...
WHEN I REMEMBER THESE [THINGS],.... Either the reproaches of his enemies; or rather his past enjoyments of God in his house, he after makes mention of; I POUR OUT MY SOUL IN ME, that is, he had no li...
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....
_My tears have been my meat_, &c. That is, I am wholly given over to grief and sorrow while I hear the continual reproaches of my enemies, saying unto me, _Where is thy God?_ Of whom thou hast so ofte...
When I remember these things, recalling the festive processions in which he has taken part, I POUR OUT MY SOUL IN ME, permitting it to dissolve in the pain which was filling him with misery; FOR I HAD...
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...
1-5 The psalmist looked to the Lord as his chief good, and set his heart upon him accordingly; casting anchor thus at first, he rides out the storm. A gracious soul can take little satisfaction in Go...
THESE THINGS; either, 1. Which follow, to wit, my former freedom. Or rather, 2. Last mentioned, my banishment from God's presence, and mine enemies scoffs and triumphs upon that occasion. I POUR OUT...
Psalms 42:4 remember H2142 (H8799) out H8210 (H8799) soul H5315 go H5674 (H8799) multitude H5519 went...
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...
_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._ REMEMBRANCE OF BYGONE HAPPINESS I. The happiness of David’s former...
PSALMS PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 42:1. While each of these psalms can be taken separately, Psalms 42:1 go well together as a song with three stanzas: they share a refrain ...
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...
1 Chronicles 15:15; 1 Chronicles 16:1; 1 Samuel 1:15; 1 Samuel 1:16;...
Remember — My banishment from God's presence, and mine enemies triumphs. In me — I breathe out my sorrows and complaints to God within my own breast. The multitudes — Israelites, who went thither in g...