Psalms 42:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? ”

• Psalms 42:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  My soul thirsteth for God - That is, as the hind thirsts for the running stream. For the living God - God, not merely as God, without anything more definitely specified, but God considered as...

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• Psalms 42:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 42:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  GOD. Hebrew El. App-4. Because "the living", in contrast with idols. When shall. come, &c. Figures of speech Interjectio, Erotesis, and Apostrophe. App-6. appear before God . see the f...

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• Psalms 42:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  The second verse illustrates more clearly what I have already said, that David does not simply speak of the presence of God, but of the presence of God in connection with certain symbols; for h...

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• Psalms 42:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 42:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? When shall I come - When, when shall I have the privilege of appearing in his courts before God? In the mouth o...

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

  My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God. It is not a mere dead idol I thirst for, but the God who...

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• Psalms 42:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 42:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Thirsteth. — The metaphor occurs exactly in the same form ( Psalms 63:1 ), and only calls for notice since “God” Himself is here made the subject of the thirst, instead of righteousness, or knowled...

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• Psalms 42:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 42:2 - 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,...

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• Psalms 42:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 42:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The Psalm opens with the view of a soul panting after enjoyment and communion with God in Christ. And the most lively images are made use of to denote the insatiable thirst, and vehement desires of a...

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• Psalms 42:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God ,.... Who is so called, in opposition to the idols of the Gentiles, which were lifeless statues; and who is the author, giver, and maintainer of natural...

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• Psalms 42:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? Ver. 2. My soul thirsteth for God ] More than ever it did once for the water of the well of Bethlehem; and t...

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• Psalms 42:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 42:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 42:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Thirst is more vehement than hunger, and more impatient of dissatisfaction. For the living God: this he mentions as a just cause of his thirst. He did not thirst after vain, useless idols, but afte...

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• Psalms 42:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 42:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 42:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 42:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 42:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 42:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 42:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 42:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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 L...

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• Psalms 42:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Thessalonians 1:9 ; Jeremiah 10:10 ; Jeremiah 2:13 ; Job 23:3 ; John 5:26 ; John 7:37 ; Psalms 27:4 ; Psalms 36:8 ; Psalms 36:9 ; Psalms 63:1 ; Psalms 84:10 ; Psalms 84:4 ; Revelation...

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• Psalms 42:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Thirsteth — Not after vain useless idols, but after the only true and living God. Appear — In the place of his special presence and publick worship.

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