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Psalms 42:9 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 42:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 42:911 words
HebrewMeaning
יוֹמָ֤םywōmām
by dayadvH3119
(by · in the) day
יְצַוֶּ֬הyəṣaweh
he commandsverbH6680
bid · charge · (give a · give in ···
יְהוָ֨הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
חַסְדּ֗/וֹḥasədwō
covenant loyalty hisnounH2617
good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···
וּ֭/בַ/לַּיְלָהwbalayəlāh
and in the nightconjH3915
שיר/הšyrh
musicalnounH7892
sing(-er · -ing) · song
שִׁיר֣/וֹšiyrwō
musicalnounH7892
sing(-er · -ing) · song
עִמִּ֑/יʿimiy
is with mepronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
תְּ֝פִלָּ֗הtəpilāh
a prayernounH8605
לְ/אֵ֣לləʾēl
to the God ofpronH410
goodly · great · idol · might ···
חַיָּֽ/יḥayāy
life mynounH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
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 42:9

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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