Psalms 42:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? ”

Psalms 42:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My tears have been my meat - The word rendered tears in this place is in the singular number, and means literally weeping. Compare Psalms 39:12 . The word meat here means literally bread, and is...
Psalms 42:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(c) My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where [is] thy God? (c) As others take pleasure in eating and drinking, so he was altogether given to weeping.
Psalms 42:3 - 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 42:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

continually . all the day.
Psalms 42:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. My tears have been my bread Here the Psalmist mentions another sharp piercing shaft with which the wicked and malevolent grievously wounded his heart. There can be no doubt that Satan mad...
Psalms 42:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? My tears have been my meat day and night - My longing has been so intense after spiritual blessings,...
Psalms 42:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? My tears have been my meat day and night - I cannot eat with sadness. Instead of "meat," or foo...
Psalms 42:3 - 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 42:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

My tears. — Comp. Psalms 80:5 ; Psalms 102:9 ; and Ovid Metam. x. 75, “ Cura dolorque animi lacrimæque alimenta fuere.” Where is thy God? — For this bitter taunt comp. Psalms 79:10 ; Psalms...
Psalms 42:3 - 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 42:3 - 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 42:3 - 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 42:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a striking difference is here made between the gracious soul longing after Jesus, and the heart that can take up and rest satisfied with anything but Jesus. Ordinances will not fill the soul, un...
Psalms 42:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

My tears have been my meat day and night ,.... That is, he could not eat for sorrow, like Hannah, 1Sa 1:7,8 ; or while he was eating tears fell in plenty, and they were as common, day and night, as...
Psalms 42:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where [is] thy God? Ver. 3. My tears have been my meat day and night ] Hunters say the hart sheddeth tears, or somethi...
Psalms 42:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My tears have been my meat , &c. That is, I am wholly given over to grief and sorrow while I hear the continual reproaches of my enemies, saying unto me, Where is thy God? Of whom thou hast so...
Psalms 42:3 - 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 42:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My tears have been my meat; which notes both the great abundance and constant course of his tears, and the secret satisfaction and ease which he found in giving vent to his passion this way. Possib...
Psalms 42:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say to me, Where is your God?' Indeed so powerful are his feelings that he describes himself as weeping day and night so as to sat...
Psalms 42:3 - 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 42:3 - 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 42:3 - 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 42:3 - 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 42:3 - 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 42:3 - 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 42:3 - 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...
Psalms 42:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 16:12 ; Psalms 1:1 ; Psalms 115:2 ; Psalms 22:8 ; Psalms 3:2 ; Psalms 42:10 ; Psalms 79:10 ; Psalms 79:12 ; Psalms 80:5

Psalms 42:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 42:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 42:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 42:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 42:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

Psalms 42:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 42:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 42:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 42:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 42:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 42:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 42:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 42:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 42:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 42:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 42:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 42:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 42:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 42:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 42:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 42:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 42:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 42:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge