Psalms 42:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? ”

Psalms 42:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will say unto God my rock - I will appeal to God as my defense, my helper, my Saviour. On the word rock, as applied to God, see the notes at Psalms 18:2 . Why hast thou forgotten me? - See...
Psalms 42:9 - 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 42:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

GOD. Hebrew El. App-4. In edition of 1611 this was printed "My God". rock . mountain crag, or fortress. Hebrew. sela'. See note on Deuteronomy 32:13 . Deuteronomy 18:1 ; Deuteronomy 18:2 ....
Psalms 42:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. I will say to God my rock If we read the preceding verse in the past tense, the meaning of this verse will be, Since God has, in this way, heretofore shown himself so kind towards me, I w...
Psalms 42:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? I will say unto God my rock - God, my Fortress and Support. Why hast thou forgotten...
Psalms 42:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Not despair; for fa...
Psalms 42:9 - 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 42:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Apparently we have now the very words of the prayer just mentioned.
Psalms 42:9 - 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 42:9 - 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 42:9 - 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 42:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

In this confidence he will look up to his rock with joy, and he will look round on the insulting foe with indifference. Doth the foe demand where is now thy God? Where should he be, but always engage...
Psalms 42:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I will say unto God my rock ,.... A name frequently given to the eternal God, Father, Son, and Spirit, Deuteronomy 32:4 ; Psalms 18:2 ; why hast thou forgotten me ? Psalms 13:1 ; why go I mo...
Psalms 42:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? Ver. 9. I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? ] Tene veto m...
Psalms 42:9 - 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 42:9 - 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 42:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will say unto God; I will expostulate the case with him. My rock; who hath formerly been a sure refuge to me. Why hast thou forgotten me? why dost thou now seem quite to forget and neglect me...
Psalms 42:9 - 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 42:9 - 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 42:9 - 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 42:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 42:1 . As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. It is said that when they cannot find water, they sometimes let loose a hart, which, flying over th...
Psalms 42:9 - 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 42:9 - 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 42:9 - 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 42:9 - 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 42:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 4:1 ; Isaiah 40:27 ; Isaiah 49:15 ; Job 30:26-31 ; Lamentations 5:1-16 ; Psalms 13:1 ; Psalms 18:2 ; Psalms 22:1 ; Psalms 22:2 ; Psalms 28:1 ; Psalms 38:6 ; Psalms 43:2 ; Ps...

Psalms 42:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 42:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 42:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 42:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 42:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 42:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 42:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 42:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 42:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 42:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 42:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 42:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 42:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 42:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 42:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 42:9 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 42:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 42:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 42:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 42:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 42:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 42:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge