Commentary on Psalms - Volume 5

PART SECOND. (Psalm 42)(Psalm 72)³²⁷

To the Chief Musician. A lesson of instruction to the Sons of Korah

1As the hart crieth for the fountains of waters, So my soul crieth for thee, O God!

2Thirsted hath my soul for God, for the living God: When shall I come to appear before the face of God?

3To me have my tears been for bread, by day and night, While it is said to me daily, “Where is thy God?“

4When these things I remember, I pour out within me my soul, Because I had gone with the procession, Leading them even to the house of God, With the voice of exultation and praise, — The multitude dancing for joy.

5‘Why art thou cast down, O my soul! And why art thou disquieted within me? Wait thou for God; for I shall yet give him thanks, [For] the salvations of his countenance.

6O my God! my soul within me is cast down, When I remember thee from the land of Jordan and of Hermonim, From the mountain Mizar.

7Deep unto deep calleth at the noise of thy waterspouts: All thy waves and all thy billows over me have gone.

8By day command will Jehovah his loving-kindness, And by night his song shall be with me, And prayer to the God of my life.

9I will say to God, my Rock, “Why hast thou forgotten me? “Why mourning do I go because of the oppression of my enemy?”

10[It is as] a wound in my bones when my enemies reproach me, Saying to me daily, “Where is thy God?“

11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet give thanks to him, The salvations of my countenance, and my God.