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Verse Psalms 42:3. _MY TEARS HAVE BEEN MY MEAT DAY AND NIGHT_] My
longing has been so intense after spiritual blessings, that I have
forgotten to take my necessary food; and my sorrow has been so gre...
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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. The word meat here means literally bread, and is used i...
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II. THE EXODUS SECTION: BOOK TWO:PSALM 42-72
The second division of the book of Psalms corresponds to the book of
Exodus, the second book of the Pentateuch. That book begins with the
groans and moans...
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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 recurs in Psalms 42:5; Psalms 42:11 and Psalms 43:5, an...
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CONTINUALLY. all the day....
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_my meat_ Lit. _my bread_. Cp. Psalms 80:5; Psalms 102:4; Psalms
102:9. Tears take the place of his daily food. So Ovid, _Metam_. x.
75, "Cura dolorque animi lacrimaeque alimenta fuere."
_continually_...
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Present sorrow contrasted with past happiness....
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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, saying unto me, What is become of thy God, in whom t...
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THE PSALMS
BOOK THE SECOND
Psalms 42, 43
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Debarred Worshipper Mastering his Sorrow.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 42:1-5, A Debarred Worshipper, Nursing his Grief,
nevertheless Striv...
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_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 cannot eat with sadness.
Instead of "meat," or food, tea...
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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
42-83) is called the Elohistic Psalter, because the name E...
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PSALMS 42:72
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end.
The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
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MY TEARS. — Comp. Psalms 80:5; Psalms 102:9; and Ovid Metam. x. 75,
“_Cura dolorque animi lacrimæque alimenta fuere.”_
WHERE IS THY GOD? — For this bitter taunt comp. Psalms 79:10;...
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_[Psalms 42:4]_ הָֽיְתָה ־לִּ֬י דִמְעָתִ֣י
לֶ֭חֶם יֹומָ֣ם...
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Psalms 42:1 , PSALMS 43:1
THE second book of the Psalter is characterised by the use of the
Divine name "Elohim" instead of "Jehovah." It begins with a cluster of
seven psalms (reckoning Psalms 42:1;...
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THIRSTING AFTER GOD
Psalms 42:1
This psalm clearly embalms the holy musings and yearnings of the
exiled king during Absalom's rebellion. Their setting to music was
left to the sons of Korah, 2 Chroni...
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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 with all the intensity of one who knows God and cares...
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(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 drinking, so he was
altogether given to weeping....
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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 anything but Jesus. Ordinances will not fill the soul, unl...
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3._My tears have been my bread _Here the Psalmist mentions another
sharp piercing shaft with which the wicked and malevolent grievously
wounded his heart. There can be no doubt that Satan made use of...
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BOOK 2 - PSALMS 42-72
In the second book, the remnant is viewed as outside Jerusalem, and
the city as given up to wickedness. This is seen throughout it. The
covenant connection of the Jews with Jehov...
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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 plenty, and they were as common, day and night, as his...
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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_] Hunters say the
hart sheddeth tears, or something...
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_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 unto me, _Where is thy God?_ Of whom thou hast so ofte...
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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, WHERE IS THY GOD? a question which, of course, implied...
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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 the sons of Korah,
written by some member of this Levit...
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1-5 The psalmist looked to the Lord as his chief good, and set his
heart upon him accordingly; casting anchor thus at first, he rides out
the storm. A gracious soul can take little satisfaction in Go...
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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 found in giving vent to his passion this way. Possibly...
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Psalms 42:3 tears H1832 food H3899 day H3119 night H3915 continually
H3117 say H559 (H8800) God H430
tear
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‘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 describes himself as
weeping day and night so as to satis...
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Psalms 42:1
I. The Christian must often share feelings such as these. The iron
fetters of his oppressors namely, the sins which are ever besetting
him are sore and heavy. These fearful foes which he b...
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Psalms 42
This Psalm contains a prescription for a downcast soul, consisting of
three ingredients.
I. The first is inquiry: " _Why_art thou cast down?" Religious
despondency must have a cause; and i...
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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 be your soul's
panting after God, you shall have what...
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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 many periods of our life.
Psalms 42:1. _As the ha...
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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 sometimes let loose
a hart, which, flying over the d...
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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. You see the poor
creature with the big tears in its...
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CONTENTS: The experiences of a much afflicted saint and his confidence
in God.
CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist.
CONCLUSION: God often teaches His saints effectually to know the worth
of His mercies by cau...
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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 hill Mizar;_ the little hill on which Zoar was
buil...
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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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WHERE IS THY GOD?
Surely a searching, solemn query. Not a question, notice, of having,
or not havi...
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_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, characterized by the use of the Divine
name “Elohim” instead...
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PSALMS PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 42:1. While each of these psalms can be
taken separately, Psalms 42:1 go well together as a song with three
stanzas: they share a refrain ...
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_: “To the Chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of
Korah.” Maschil, an instruction, a didactic poem.
“The sons of Korah,” descendants of Korah, were an important
company...
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EXPOSITION
THIS psalm, committed (like so many others) to the precentor, or.
chief musician, for its musical setting, is entitled "Maschil of the
sous of Korah"—_i.e._ an "instruction," or didactic ps...
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So we enter now into Psalms 42:1-11 into the second book of the
psalms.
And as a hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after
thee, O God (Psalms 42:1).
Jesus said, "Blessed are they...
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2 Samuel 16:12; Psalms 1:1; Psalms 115:2; Psalms 22:8; Psalms 3:2;...