Psalms 42:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 hilla Mizar. ”

Psalms 42:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O my God, my soul is cast down within me - This is the utterance of a soul in anguish, notwithstanding the purpose not to be cast down, and the conviction that hope ought to be cherished. The psa...
Psalms 42:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

O my God, my soul is cast down within me: (f) therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. (f) That is, when I remember you in this land of my...
Psalms 42:6 - 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 42:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

O my God. In some codices this is joined on to the end of Psalms 42:5 . "the great deliverance of me, and [praise]my God". Compare Psalms 42:11 with Psalms 43:5 . Jordan. The reference is to...
Psalms 42:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. O my God! my soul is cast down within me. If we suppose that this verse requires no supplement, then it will consist of two distinct and separate sentences. Literally it may be read thus:...
Psalms 42:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. O my God, my soul is cast down - It is impossible for me...
Psalms 42:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 s...
Psalms 42:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. O my God, my soul is cast down within me. David h...
Psalms 42:6 - 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 42:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Cast down. — The poet, though faith condemns his dejection, still feels it, and cannot help expressing it. The heart will not be tranquil all at once, and the utterance of its trouble, so natural,...
Psalms 42:6 - 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 42:6 - 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 42:6 - 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 42:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The holy mourner again seems to feel reviving affliction. But the same looking back from Jordan, to the very spot where now arrived, and every step in the path strewed with mercies, again brings up t...
Psalms 42:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

O my God, my soul is cast down within me ,.... Which the psalmist repeats, partly to show the greatness of his dejection, though he had not lost his view of interest in God as his covenant God; and...
Psalms 42:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 6. O my God, my soul is cast down within me ] Tho...
Psalms 42:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My soul is cast down within me I am overcome with grief, while I am forced to hide myself in this wilderness beyond Jordan, and wander up and down on these solitary mountains, far distant from thy...
Psalms 42:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaints and Consolations. 6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land o...
Psalms 42:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That I may revive my drooping spirits, I will consider thy infinite mercy, and power, and faithfulness, and thy gracious presence in the sanctuary, from whence thou dost hear and answer all those tha...
Psalms 42:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘O my God, my soul is cast down within me, Therefore do I remember you from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar. Deep calls to deep at the noise of your downpourings, All...
Psalms 42:6 - 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 42:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 42 This Psalm contains a prescription for a downcast soul, consisting of three ingredients. I. The first is inquiry: " Why art thou cast down?" Religious despondency must have a cause; an...
Psalms 42:6 - 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 42:6 - 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 42:6 - 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 42:6 - 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 42:6 - 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 42:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 17:22 ; 2 Samuel 17:27 ; Deuteronomy 3:8 ; Deuteronomy 3:9 ; Deuteronomy 4:47 ; Deuteronomy 4:48 ; Jonah 2:7 ; Matthew 26:39 ; Matthew 27:46 ; Psalms 22:1 ; Psalms 43:4 ; Psalms...
Psalms 42:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Therefore — Therefore that I may revive my drooping spirits. Remember — I will consider thy infinite mercy and power, and faithfulness. Mizar — From all the parts of the land, to which I shall be d...

Psalms 42:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 42:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 42:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 42:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 42:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 42:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 42:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 42:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 42:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 42:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 42:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 42:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 42:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 42:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 42:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 42:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 42:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 42:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 42:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 42:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 42:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 42:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 42:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 42:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 42:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes