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 (Psalms 42:5, Psalms 42:11; Psalms 43:5); Psalms 43:2 is almost the same as Psalms 42:9; and they both express the longing to return to God’s presence in the sanctuary (Psalms 42:2; Psalms 43:3). The singer laments his circumstances, which keep him from attending worship and enjoying God’s presence at the central sanctuary.

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