What does Psalms 42:6 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hilla Mizar."
Verse Psalms 42:6. _O MY GOD, MY SOUL IS CAST DOWN_] It is impossible for me to lighten this load; I am full of discouragements, notwithstanding I labour to hope in thee. _THEREFORE WILL I REMEMBER T...
O MY GOD, MY SOUL IS CAST DOWN WITHIN ME - This is the utterance of a soul in anguish, notwithstanding the purpose not to be cast down, and the conviction that hope ought to be cherished. The psalmist...
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...
O MY GOD. In some codices this is joined on to the end of Psalms 42:5. "the great deliverance of me, and [praise]my God". Compare Psalms 42:11 with Psalms 43:5. JORDAN. The reference is to 2 Samuel 1...
_Within me_, or rather, as in Psalms 42:4, upon me, stands emphatically at the beginning of the sentence. His own feelings overwhelm him, and therefore he must turn to God, whose goodness he can call...
AND OF THE HERMONITES, &C.— _And Hermonim from the little hill._ See Wall, and the version of the Liturgy of the Church of England. Mudge reads, _from the little mountain of the Hermons._ His soul bei...
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 Stri...
_O MY GOD, MY SOUL IS CAST DOWN WITHIN ME: THEREFORE WILL I REMEMBER THEE FROM THE LAND OF JORDAN, AND OF THE HERMONITES, FROM THE HILL MIZAR._ O my God, my soul is cast down within me. David here fo...
42:6 I (d-12) Or 'because I.' Mizar. (e-26) Or 'from the little hill.'...
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...
CAST DOWN. — The poet, though faith condemns his dejection, still feels it, and cannot help expressing it. The heart will not be tranquil all at once, and the utterance of its trouble, so natural, so...
_[Psalms 42:7]_ אֱֽלֹהַ֗י עָלַי֮ נַפְשִׁ֪י תִשְׁתֹּ֫וחָ֥ח עַל ־כֵּ֗ן אֶ֭זְכָּרְךָ מֵ אֶ֣רֶץ יַרְדֵּ֑ן וְ֝ חֶרְמֹונִ֗ים...
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 Chron...
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...
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: (f) therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. (f) That is, when I remember you in this land of my b...
_God. Trust in God, whom I hope to see face to face. (Worthington)_...
The holy mourner again seems to feel reviving affliction. But the same looking back from Jordan, to the very spot where now arrived, and every step in the path strewed with mercies, again brings up th...
6._O my God! my soul is cast down within me. _If we suppose that this verse requires no supplement, then it will consist of two distinct and separate sentences. Literally it may be read thus: _O my Go...
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 Jeho...
O MY GOD, MY SOUL IS CAST DOWN WITHIN ME,.... Which the psalmist repeats, partly to show the greatness of his dejection, though he had not lost his view of interest in God as his covenant God; and par...
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. Ver. 6. _O my God, my soul is cast down within me_] Thoug...
_My soul is cast down within me_ I am overcome with grief, while I am forced to hide myself in this wilderness beyond Jordan, and wander up and down on these solitary mountains, far distant from thy t...
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 Levi...
THE HILL MISSAR: Or, the little hill...
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...
That I may revive my drooping spirits, I will consider thy infinite mercy, and power, and faithfulness, and thy gracious presence in the sanctuary, from whence thou dost hear and answer all those that...
Psalms 42:6 God H430 soul H5315 down H7817 (H8709) remember H2142 (H8799) land H776 Jordan H3383 Hermon H2769 Hill H2022 Mizar H4706 my God - Psalms 22:1, Psalms 43:4, Psalms 88:1-3;...
‘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 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...
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...
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 the...
2 Samuel 17:22; 2 Samuel 17:27; Deuteronomy 3:8; Deuteronomy 3:9; Deuteronomy 4:47; Deuteronomy 4:48; Jonah 2:7; Matthew 26:39; Matthew 27:46;...
Therefore — Therefore that I may revive my drooping spirits. Remember — I will consider thy infinite mercy and power, and faithfulness. Mizar — From all the parts of the land, to which I shall be driv...