Read verse in New International Version Psalm » Chapter 42 » exegesis. There was no place in the world that David regarded or cared to be in in comparison of it. "A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. 42:3, 10 (cf. Psalm 42:6, and Psalm 77:11. Without it we die. Psalm 42:6, ESV: "and my God.My soul is cast down within me; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar." 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? Why, my soul, are you downcast? My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar. Psalm 42 - Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible . 3. 7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me. There is a river and mountains. Water the key theme in the Psalm. Psalm 6 is known as the first of the seven penitential psalms – songs of confession and humility before God. See Psalm 42:6 comments for insights gleaned from New Testament uses of the verb tarasso. Most interpreters today treat Psalms 42 and 43 as one psalm because a number of Hebrew manuscripts present the psalms together in one text and because the psalms share vocabulary and themes.1 The refrain in the two psalms (Psalms 42:5, 11; 43:5) is the clearest sign of their unity. Where are we? 5 Why art thou cast downe, O my soule, and why art thou disquieted in me? 42:6-7 > 42:8. 6. A Contemplation of the sons of Korah.. We don’t know when the psalms were gathered into five books, but the separation dates back to before our oldest manuscripts, compiled in the Masoretic Text. Psalms 42:5 : Psalms 42:7 >> The Berean: Daily Verse and Comment Sign up for the Berean: Daily … Commentary on Psalm 44:1-8 (Read Psalm 44:1-8) Former experiences of God's power and goodness are strong supports to faith, and powerful pleas in prayer under present calamities. Psalm 42:6 Commentary - Remember God! Despite sadness, the psalmist hopes once again to join the worshiping crowds. When can I go and meet with God? It gives an example of a Syrian raid (e.g., 2 Kgs. From the little hill I will think of all thy former love; — all the sacred spots where thou hast met with me, all the lonely places where thou hast been my comfort, and all the joyful regions where thou hast been my glory. Psalms 42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. Apart from air, water our most basic need. Psalm 42:6-8 New International Version (NIV) 6 My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon —from Mount Mizar. It may take you a few cycles of up and down before you pull out of your nosedive. Forerunner Commentary Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown John Wesley's Notes Matthew Henry People's Commentary (NT) Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) Scofield: Definitions: Interlinear: Library: Topical Studies: X-References: Commentaries: No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Psalms 42:6. Pulpit Commentary. Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. View Psalm . Now, in verses 6-11, we are in a different country. Click the verse number to read commentary, definitions, meanings, ... Psalms 42:6 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. Psalm 42 Commentary; C H SPURGEON. Psalm 42:6. And Joseph was the governor.] His remembering of the past has not worked. The many victories Israel obtained, were not by their own strength or merit, but by God's favour and free grace. It seems to denote the slow and stately march of a solemn procession, and may be rendered as in R.V. To the leader. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. John Trapp Complete Commentary. went in procession with them, or, with a slight change of vowels, taken transitively. Commentary on Psalm 43 View Bible Text . Verse 3. A Psalm of David. The dejection of the spirit represents a still more sorrowful and downcast condition, than the fainting of the soul. the face of God? Psalms 42:6-11. Resources. 42:6-11 The way to forget our miseries, is to remember the God of our mercies. (Psalms 42:6-8 RSV) He is still despondent. Psalm 42 – Honest Prayer from a Discouraged Saint. hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him for the helpe of his countenance. Clarke's Commentary on the Bible. The practice of separating the psalms … Continue reading "Commentary on Psalm 43" 4 When I remember these things, I powre out my soule in mee; for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God; with the voyce of ioy and praise, with a multitude that kept holy day. Leading them. Psalms 42:6 Context. DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 1 ‘The deer that rejects water.’ Doesn’t believe in it, doesn’t long for it, or doesn’t know they long for it. 43:1-2 > 43:3-5. Psalm 42:6 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Psalm 42:6, NIV: "My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon--from Mount Mizar." David saw troubles coming from God's wrath, and that discouraged him. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. With stringed instruments. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. --Christopher Wordsworth. Psalm 42:6 Parallel. 2. marg. Psalm 137, which is also an exilic Psalm). But the crucial thing is that you are aggressively dealing with it and not just drifting with the circumstances. Click a verse to see commentary Select a resource above BOOK II (Psalms 42–72) ... (Psalms 42–72) Psalm 42 Longing for God and His Help in Distress. Psalms 42 Commentary; HAMILTON SMITH. Why so disturbed within me? See Ps 143:3-4, and compare our Lord's words, "My soul is troubled" (Joh 12:27) with the Evangelist's statement, "Jesus was troubled in spirit" (Joh 13:21 11:33). Most interpreters today treat Psalms 42 and 43 as one psalm because a number of Hebrew manuscripts present the psalms together in one text and because the psalms share vocabulary and themes. David saw troubles coming from God's wrath, and that discouraged him. Psalm 41 Psalm 43 Psalm 42:6 New International Version (NIV) 6 My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon —from Mount Mizar. 42:9-10 > 42:11. Psalm 42:6-8 King James Version (KJV). Usually this is enough to deliver us from this nagging fear that God is not going to do anything at all. 3. he is being taunted by his captors, Ps. Psalm 42:1,2 David's Desire After God; Psalm 43:3,4 Access to God in Ordinances; Psalm 43:5 Sources and Remedy of Dejection; CHUCK SMITH. Therefore untill I remember thee from the land of Jordan - That is, from Judea, this being the chief river of that country. When shall I come and behold. See Ps 42:6 43:5 131:2. 4 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. Psalm 42 essentially a lament, with Psalm 43 forming the Psalmist’s prayer in response to the lament. 6 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. PREVIOUS NEXT. The refrain in the two psalms (Psalms 42:5, 11; 43:5) is the clearest sign of their unity. Psalms 42:6 Context. 42:6. Psalm 42 Resources. We need to be very careful at this point! Psalm 42 Commentary; CHARLES SIMEON. 1. The word is found elsewhere only in Isaiah 38:15. Psalms 42:6 is understood to teach that David's place of exile was somewhere east of the Jordan headwaters in the vicinity of Mount Hermon. It was a custom among some in the early church to sing these psalms on Ash Wednesday, 40 days before Resurrection Sunday. Verse 4. 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. Psalms 137:5; nay, they preferred it to their chiefest joy: "If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy," Psalms 42:6. A Maskil of the Korahites. Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me. Psalm 42:6 O my God, my soul is in despair within me; Therefore I remember Thee from the land of the Jordan, And the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar: my God: Ps 22:1 43:4 88:1-3 Mt 26:39 27:46; therefore: Ps 77:6-11 Jon 2:7; from the: Ps 61:2 2Sa 17:22,27; … and why art thou disquieted in me? 12:17-18). Psalms 42 Commentary, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary by Albert Barnes, a dedicated student of the Bible, continues to be very popular even today. 200 kilometres north of Jerusalem is a group of mountains called the Hermons. A maskil of the Sons of Korah. This psalm is titled To the Chief Musician. Psalm 42:6. Updated: Mon, 12/10/2018 - 10:55 By admin. Psalm 42:6-8 My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar. * [Psalms 42–43] Ps 42–43 form a single lament of three sections, each section ending in an identical refrain (Ps 42:6, 12; 43:5). The NASB Study Bible (p. 781) has an interesting suggestion that the psalmist was a Korahite Levite taken captive by Syria. 8 By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life. Commentaries. Usually it does. 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 labor to hope in thee. The title of this psalm is To the Chief Musician. Psalm 42:6-11: My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon-from Mount Mizar. 2. he longs for Canaan, Ps. 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