Psalms 42:2

Thirsteth — Not after vain useless idols, but after the only true and living God. Appear — In the place of his special presence and publick worship.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My soul thirsteth for God - That is, as the hind thirsts for the running stream. For the living God - God, not merely as God, without anythin...
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

GOD. Hebrew El. App-4. Because "the living", in contrast with idols. When shall. come, &c. Figures of speech Interjectio, Erotesis, and A...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The second verse illustrates more clearly what I have already said, that David does not simply speak of the presence of God, but of the presenc...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? When shall I come - When, when shall I have the privilege of...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God. It is...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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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

The Psalm opens with the view of a soul panting after enjoyment and communion with God in Christ. And the most lively images are made use of to denot...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God ,.... Who is so called, in opposition to the idols of the Gentiles, which were lifeless statues; and w...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thirst is more vehement than hunger, and more impatient of dissatisfaction. For the living God: this he mentions as a just cause of his thirst. He...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘As the hind pants after the water brooks, So pants my soul after you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: When shall I come and s...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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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

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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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

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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

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God, the Source of all true life, who alone is able to restore the soul which finds itself in the depths of...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 1:9 ; Jeremiah 10:10 ; Jeremiah 2:13 ; Job 23:3 ; John 5:26 ; John 7:37 ; Psalms 27:4 ; Psalms 36:8 ; Psalms 36:9 ; Psalms...

² My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

Related Commentaries of Psalms 42:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 42:2