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Psalms 42:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 42:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 42:310 words
HebrewMeaning
צָמְאָ֬הṣāməʾāh
it thirstsverbH6770
suffer) thirst
נַפְשִׁ֨/יnapəšiy
being mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
לֵ/אלֹהִים֮lēʾlōhiym
for GodpronH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
לְ/אֵ֪לləʾēl
for the GodpronH410
goodly · great · idol · might ···
חָ֥יḥāy
livingadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
מָתַ֥יmātay
when?particleH4970
when
אָב֑וֹאʾābwōʾ
will I goverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
וְ֝/אֵרָאֶ֗הwəʾērāʾeh
and I may appear?conjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
פְּנֵ֣יpənēy
the presence ofnounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
אֱלֹהִֽיםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 42:3

1. We have undertaken the exposition of a Psalm corresponding to your own “longings,” on which we propose to speak to you. For the Psalm itself begins with a certain pious “longing;” and he who sings so, says, “Like as the hart desires the water-brooks, so longs my soul after You, O God” Psalm 41:1. Who is it then that says this? It is ourselves, if we be but willing! And why ask, who it is other than yourself, when it is in your power to be the thing which you are asking…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 42 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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