Psalms 42
11 verses
Psalm 42 is a spiritual longing expressing yearning for God amid distress, establishing Book II's communal concerns, exemplifying the theological concerns of Book 2. The psalmist employs vivid imagery and direct address to God, establishing the intimate dialogue between worshiper and the divine that characterizes the psalmic tradition. The theological assertions center on God's character as both judge and redeemer, creating a comprehensive vision of divine justice and mercy integrated with human experience. The psalm reflects on both personal circumstance and communal identity, suggesting that individual faith finds validation through shared experience with the covenant community. The liturgical context indicates this psalm's function in worship where personal piety integrates with communal celebration of God's acts and attributes. The concluding movement typically affirms confidence in God's faithfulness, exemplifying the psalmic pattern of transformation through prayer and remembrance of divine acts throughout history.
VERSES IN THIS CHAPTER
This image of the deer panting after water is one of the most honest descriptions of spiritual longing I have encountere...
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As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
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My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
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My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
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When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
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Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
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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.
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Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
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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.
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I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
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As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
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Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
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