Psalms 42

Treated in 8 passages across the library.

  • 42:6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar. 2
  • 42:11 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 help of my countenance, and my God. 2
  • 42:1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God. 1
  • 42:2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God? 1
  • 42:8 [Yet] Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, [Even] a prayer unto the God of my life. 1
  • 42:9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 1

American Standard Version

  1. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Psa 42: 11

    …m? What though I want health? I have God who is the health of my countenance, and my God. Psa 42: 11. What though I am low in the world? If I have not the earth, I have him that made it. The…

  2. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

    A Preface, or Brief Account of the Publishing of This Work cites Ps. 42.6

    …of all the children of Israel in their generations’ (Ex. 12.42). ‘O my God,’ saith David (Ps. 42.6), ‘my soul is cast down within me; therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan…

  3. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.2 Love cites Psa 42: 2

    …who loves God, breathes after communion with him. ‘My soul thirsteth for the living God.’ Psa 42: 2. Persons in love desire to be often conferring together. He who loves God, desires to be …

  4. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Discouragement cites Psalm 42:11

    …asked himself: "Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?" (Psalm 42:11). He answered with the argument of God: "Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my sa…

  5. Stepping Stones · Gareth Evans

    Faith - A Sovereign Gift cites Psalms 42:1

    …as the Psalmist writes, “As the deer pants for the water, so my soul longeth after thee” (Psalms 42:1). God longs for His will in my life! So, who or what can hinder that? Do I really believe…

  6. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.2 The Second Commandment cites Psa 42: 8

    …sons; mercies for the night, he gives sleep; nay, sometimes he gives a song in the night. Psa 42: 8. He has also mercies for the morning. His compassions ‘are new every morning.’ Lam 3: 23.…

  7. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    July cites Psalm 42:9

    …thee this question this evening--what wilt thou answer him? July 21 “Why go I mourning?” (Psalm 42:9) Canst thou answer this, believer? Canst thou find any reason why thou art so often mourn…

  8. Our Daily Walk · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

    June cites Psa 42:6

    …sin no more!” AMEN. June 16 CAST DOWN? WHY? “O my God, my soul is cast down within me.”-- Psa 42:6. THE LAMENT of the soul, its cause! Many have been brought to this condition--Jacob said …