Psalms 42:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. ”

Psalms 42:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yet the Lord will command his loving-kindness in the daytime - literally, “By day the Lord will command his mercy;” that is, he will so order or direct his mercy or his favor. The word “daytime”...
Psalms 42:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[Yet] the LORD (h) will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song [shall be] with me, [and] my prayer unto the God of my life. (h) He assures himself of God's help in time...
Psalms 42:8 - 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 42:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Yet. Omit this. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. His lovingkindness... His song. Figure of speech Ellipsis (Complex), App-6, by which each is to be repeated in the other. "His lovingkind...
Psalms 42:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. Jehovah will command his loving-kindness by day The verb here used is of the future tense; but I do not deny that, according to the Hebrew idiom, it might be rendered in the past tense, a...
Psalms 42:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. The Lord will command - Every day the Lord will g...
Psalms 42:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Yet the Lord will command, &c.— In the day-time the Lord commanded his favour; I say; and in the night his song is in my mouth; a prayer to my living God. He applies to God day and night. In...
Psalms 42:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. Yet the Lord will command his loving kindness i...
Psalms 42:8 - 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 42:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Yet the Lord. — Better, By day Jehovah shall command (or, literally, Jehovah command ) his grace. And in the night his song — i.e. , a song to Him; but the emendation shîrah, “ song,” for...
Psalms 42:8 - 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 42:8 - 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 42:8 - 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 42:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Every verse seems to change the mourner's situation. Here again he takes comfort. The Lord will give songs in the night, and the day shall manifest his praise.
Psalms 42:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[Yet] the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime ,.... Which is a tender affection in God towards his people, springs from his sovereign will and pleasure, is from everlasting, is ever...
Psalms 42:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 42:8 [Yet] the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song [shall be] with me, [and] my prayer unto the God of my life. Ver. 8. Yet the Lord will comman...
Psalms 42:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Yet the Lord will command Will effectually provide and confer upon me; his lovingkindness His blessings, the effect of his lovingkindness, which God is often said to command. In the day-time, an...
Psalms 42:8 - 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 42:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Will command i.e. will effectually procure or confer upon me, as this verb is used, Leviticus 25:21 Psalms 7:6 , &c. The verb is future, but some render it by the time past, the Lord hath...
Psalms 42:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Yet in the daytime YHWH used to command his covenant love, And in the night his song was with me, Even a prayer to the God of my life. I will say to God my rock, Why have you forgotten me? Why d...
Psalms 42:8 - 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 42:8 - 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 42:8 - 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 42:8 - 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 42:8 - 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 42:8 - 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 42:8 - 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 42:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 16:25 ; Colossians 3:3 ; Deuteronomy 28:8 ; Isaiah 30:29 ; Job 35:10 ; Leviticus 25:21 ; Matthew 8:8 ; Psalms 133:3 ; Psalms 149:5 ; Psalms 27:1 ; Psalms 32:7 ; Psalms 44:4 ; Psalms...
Psalms 42:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Command — Will effectually confer upon me. Loving — kindness — His blessings, the effects of his loving — kindness.

Psalms 42:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 42:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 42:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 42:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 42:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 42:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 42:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 42:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 42:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 42:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 42:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 42:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 42:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 42:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 42:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 42:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 42:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 42:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 42:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 42:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 42:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 42:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 42:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 42:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 42:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes