Psalms 42:1 «To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. » As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. _Maschil, for the sons of Korah_] Korah and his compilers were swallowed up quick by the earth in the wilderness for their gainsaying, Numbers 16:1... [ Continue Reading ]
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? Ver. 2. _My soul thirsteth for God_] More than ever it did once for the water of the well of Bethlehem; and that, because he is the living God, the fountain of living waters, that only can cool and quench my des... [ Continue Reading ]
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 like tears, when he is pursued, and not able to escape. Hereunto David might allude. Sure it is, th... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 4. _When I remember these things_] viz. My present pressures compared with my former happines... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 5. _Why art thou cast down, O my soul?_] Here David seemeth to be _Homo divisus in duas partes,_ saith Vatablus, a man divided into two parts,... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 6. _O my God, my soul is cast down within me_] Though before he had schooled himself out of his distempers yet now he is troubled again; such are the vi... [ Continue Reading ]
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. Ver. 7. _Deep calleth unto deep_] _Vorago voraginem advocat,_ _i.e._ one calamity inviteth another, _Gurges gurgitem excipit_ (Beza); _Aliud ex alio malure,_ they come thick and threefold; the cl... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 42:8 [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. Ver. 8. _Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness_] He will after all this misery send forth a commission and a command to set me fre... [ Continue Reading ]
_I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?_ Ver. 9. _I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me?_] _Tene veto mei immemorem esse?_ Thus I will in a familiar manner expostulate with him, and lay my case open unto h... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 42:10 [As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God? Ver. 10. _As with a sword in my bones_] Heb. a murdering weapon, which, when thrust into the bones, causeth most exquisite pain; so deeply was good David affected with the dishono... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 11. _Why art thou cast down_] See Psalms 42:5 . _ Who is the health of my countenance_] _i.e._ The Author of my manifold,... [ Continue Reading ]