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Verse Psalms 42:5. _WHY ART THOU CAST DOWN, O MY SOUL?_] Bad as the
times are, desolate as Jerusalem is, insulting as are our enemies,
hopeless as in the sight of man our condition may be, yet there i...
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WHY ART THOU CAST DOWN, O MY SOUL? - Margin, bowed down. The Hebrew
word means to bow down, to incline oneself; then, usually, to
prostrate oneself as in public worship; and then, to sink down under
t...
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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...
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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...
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WHY... ? Figure of speech Cycloides. The question repeated in Psalms
42:11 and Psalms 43:5. See the Structure, above.
AND WHY... ? This second "why" is in the text of some codices, with
Septuagint, Sy...
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In this refrain the truer -self" chides the weaker -soul," the
emotional nature, for its despondency and complaint.
_cast down_ Bowed down as a mourner. Cp. Psalms 35:14; Psalms 38:6.
The resemblanc...
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WHY ART THOU CAST DOWN, &C.— Bishop Hare, Mr. Mudge, &c. &c. concur
in reading this period in the same manner as the last periods of this
and the next Psalm are read....
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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...
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_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 th...
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42:5 praise (b-20) Or 'thank.' so ver. 11; Psalms 43:4 ,Psalms 43:5 ;
Psalms 44:8 . health (c-24) Lit. 'salvations;' and so ver. 11; Psalms
43:5...
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_FOR_ THE HELP OF HIS COUNTENANCE] We should probably read, 'who is
the health of my countenance and my God,' as in Psalms 42:11; Psalms
43:5....
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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...
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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...
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WHY ART THOU. — The refrain here breaks in on the song like a sigh,
the spirit of dejection struggling against the spirit of faith.
CAST DOWN. — Better, as in margin, _bowed down,_ and in the origina...
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_[Psalms 42:6]_ מַה ־תִּשְׁתֹּ֬וחֲחִ֨י ׀
נַפְשִׁי֮ וַ תֶּהֱמִ֪י...
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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;...
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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...
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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...
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Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and [why] art thou disquieted in
me? (e) hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him [for] the help of
his countenance.
(e) Though he sustained grievous assaults o...
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_My God. This word is singular; but the former "Elohim," is plural, to
intimate one God in three persons. (Worthington) --- Harp. Hebrew
cinnor, which Symmachus renders, "the psaltery." The sons of Co...
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The holy mourner seems to have found strength from having given vent
to his full soul, and therefore expostulates with himself and his
unbelief. What! shall I despond, shall I be cast down, who have f...
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5_O my soul! why art thou cast down? _From this it appears that David
contended strongly against his sorrow, lest he should yield to
temptation: but what we ought chiefly to observe is, that he had
ex...
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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...
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WHY ART THOU CAST DOWN, O MY SOUL?.... The psalmist corrects himself,
as being too much depressed in spirit with his present circumstances,
and expostulates with himself; adding,
AND [WHY] ART THOU D...
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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.
Ver. 5. _Why art thou cast down, O my soul?_] H...
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_Why art thou cast down, O my soul_ With excessive sorrow and despair.
_Why art thou disquieted within me?_ Is there any cause that anxiety
of mind should put thee into a state of such perturbation, a...
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Why art thou cast down, bowed to the ground, O MY SOUL, AND WHY ART
THOU DISQUIETED, full of unrest and despondency, IN ME? No matter,
however, what the affliction may be, there is one certain comfort...
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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...
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CAST DOWN:
_ Heb._ bowed down
PRAISE:
Or, give thanks
FOR THE HELP OF HIS COUNTENANCE:
Or, his presence is salvation...
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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...
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WHY ART THOU CAST DOWN with excessive sorrow and despair? FOR THE HELP
OF HIS COUNTENANCE, Heb. _for the salvations of his face_, i.e. for
those supports, deliverances, and comforts which I doubt not...
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‘Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope you in God,
For I will yet praise him
For the help of his countenance.
And so he rebukes himself and speaks to his inn...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Why art thou cast down, O my soul?_
and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God.
A PRESCRIPTION FOR A DOWNCAST SOUL
I. Inquiry. “Why art thou cast down?” Many a man is in great
spiritual da...
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_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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 30:6; Hebrews 10:36; Hebrews 10:37; Isaiah 50:10; Job 13:15;
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For — Heb. for the salvations of his face, for those supports,
deliverances and comforts which I doubt not I shall enjoy both in his
presence and sanctuary, and from his presence, and the light of his...