Psalms 42:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. ”

Psalms 42:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As the hart panteth after the water-brooks - Margin, brayeth. The word rendered hart - איל 'ayâl - means commonly a stag, hart, male deer: Deuteronomy 12:15 ; Deuteronomy 14:5 ; Isaiah 35...
Psalms 42:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

"To the chief Musician, Maschil, (a) for the sons of Korah." As the hart (b) panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. (a) As a treasure to be kept by them, who were of t...
Psalms 42:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 42:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 42-72, The Exodus Book, has to do with Israel; as the first book (1-41) had to do with Man. Psalms 42 and Psalms 43 are linked together, because (1) Psalms 43 has no title; (2) the Struc...
Psalms 42:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. As the hart crieth for the fountains of water, etc The meaning of these two verses simply is, that David preferred to all the enjoyments, riches, pleasures, and honors of this world, the...
Psalms 42:1 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 572 DAVID’S DESIRE AFFER GOD Psalms 42:1-2 . As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shal...
Psalms 42:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. As the hart panteth after the water brooks - The hart is not o...
Psalms 42:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Psalms 42:1-11 ; Psalms 43:1-5 form one pair, and therefore have but one title, as Psalms 1:1-6 ; Psalms...
Psalms 42:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 na...
Psalms 42:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

As the hart panteth. — “I have seen large flocks of these panting harts gather round the water-brooks in the great deserts of central Syria, so subdued by thirst that you could approach quite near...
Psalms 42:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 42:1-11 , Psalms 43:1-5 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 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Thirsting after God Psalms 42:1-11 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,...
Psalms 42:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 42:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS In this Psalm we have the devout breathings of the soul towards God, opposed by unbelief and distrust. To the chief Musician. Maschil for the sons of Korah.
Psalms 42:1 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

ATHIRST FOR GOD ‘As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.’ Psalms 42:1 Religion in some form or other is inseparable from man. The hunger of the human...
Psalms 42:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

As the hart panteth after the water brooks ,.... Either through a natural thirst that creature is said to have; or through the heat of the summer season; and especially when hunted by dogs, it betak...
Psalms 42:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 42:1 «To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. » As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Maschil, for the sons of Korah ] Korah and...
Psalms 42:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

As the hart panteth תערג, tagnarog, brayeth: “The word is strong, and expresses that eagerness and fervency of desire, which extreme thirst may be supposed to raise in an animal almost spent in i...
Psalms 42:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Desiring Communion with God; Mourning for the Loss of Public Ordinances. To the chief musician, Maschil, for the sons of Kora...
Psalms 42:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PSALM 42 THE ARGUMENT The penman of this Psalm is uncertain. as not being named in the title. It was composed either, 1. By David, when he was banished from the house of God, either by Saul's tyr...
Psalms 42:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘As the hind pants after the water brooks, So pants my soul after you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: When shall I come and see the face of God?' He commences by describing t...
Psalms 42:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 compan...
Psalms 42:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

Maschil Maschil, "instruction."
Psalms 42:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 42:1-3 I. The Christian must often share feelings such as these. The iron fetters of his oppressors namely, the sins which are ever besetting him are sore and heavy. These fearful foes whic...
Psalms 42:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Psalms 42:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 42:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

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” inst...
Psalms 42:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 did...
Psalms 42:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, with an intense desire, with an overwhelming sense of want, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God, who is often set forth as a spring of living water for...
Psalms 42:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 25:1-5 ; 1 Chronicles 6:33-37 ; Isaiah 26:8 ; Isaiah 26:9 ; Numbers 16:1 ; Numbers 16:32 ; Numbers 26:11 ; Psalms 143:6 ; Psalms 143:7 ; Psalms 44:1 ; Psalms 45:1 ; Psalms 46...
Psalms 42:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Panteth — After the enjoyment of thee in thy sanctuary.

Psalms 42:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 42:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 42:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 42:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:1 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 42:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 42:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

Psalms 42:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 42:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 42:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 42:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 42:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 42:1 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 42:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 42:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 42:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 42:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 42:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 42:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 42:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

Psalms 42:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 42:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 42:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 42:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 42:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 42:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 42:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 42:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes