Psalms 42:3

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

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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...
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 drin...
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 re...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

continually . all the day.
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 wound...
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 longi...
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,...
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...
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 42-8...
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? — F...
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...
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. The...
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 wit...
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 anythin...
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...
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...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Desiring Communion with God; Mourning for the Loss of Public Ordinances. To...
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 fo...
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 descr...
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 Kora...
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 besetti...
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...
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...
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...
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. Hunted, hot, weary, thirsty! It must drink or die...
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. «As the hart panteth» or «brayeth.» And if such b...
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 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, charact...
The Biblical Illustrator

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? . Where is thy God? Surely a searching, solemn...
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 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 t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

My tears have been my meat, his substitute for food, his daily portion, day and night, while they, the sneering enemies, continually say unto me,...

³ My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

Related Commentaries of Psalms 42:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 42:3