psalm-42:1-6,-psalm-43:1-niv

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 42:6

"O My God, my soul is cast down within me:Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan,And the Hermons from the hill Mizar.Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls:All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.Yet Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the daytime;And in the night his song shall be with meEven a prayer unto the God of my life."(See the chapter introduction for a discussion of Psalms 42:6.)"All thy waves and thy billows have gone over me" (Psalms... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 42:1

Psalms 42:0. David's zeal to serve God in the temple: he encourageth his soul to trust in God. To the chief musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. Title. קרח לבני משׂכיל למנזח lamnatseach maskiil libnei korach.— This begins the Second Book of Psalms: the first part of which consists of pieces directed to the sons of Korah, to be set or sung by them under the direction of the chief musician who led the band. Some of these were undoubtedly the composition of David, as it is evident that most... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 42:3

Psalms 42:3. My tears have been my meat day and night— i.e. "I am wholly given over to grief and sorrow, whilst I hear the continual reproaches of mine enemies, saying unto me, What is become of thy God, in whom thou wast wont to repose so much confidence?" See Archbishop Sharp's Sermons, vol. 3: p. 2, &c. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 42:4

Psalms 42:4. 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; a tumultuous crowd of people keeping holy-day. The Psalmist says, that his soul was melted within him when he called to mind past times, when on solemn days he paid his devotions at the sanctuary. Mudge. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 42:5

Psalms 42:5. 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. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 42:6

Psalms 42:6. 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 being cast down, he knows no better way of raising his spirits than by reflecting upon God, where he now is, even beyond Jordan. This he does, Psalms 42:8-9. Hermon probably rose in more eminences than one, and therefore is expressed plurally; one of them, perhaps smaller than the rest,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 42:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 42:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 42:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 42:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 42:5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 42:6

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 42:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 42:2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 42:3

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 42:4

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