Psalm 42:1, Psalm 42:2 ASV

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 42:1-11

INTRODUCTIONSuperscription: “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 of singers (1 Chronicles 6:33; 2 Chronicles 20:19). Opinions differ as to whether this and ten or eleven other psalms bearing the name of “the sons of Korah” were composed by them or for them. The title may mean “for the sons of Korah,” “to the sons of Korah,” or “of the sons of Korah.” Winer, Origen,... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 42:1-3

Psalms 42:1-3 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 bears within his own bosom sins of unrestrained appetite, sins that spring of past habits, sins of criminal weakness and cowardice they triumph over him sometimes; and when he falls, they seem to say, "Where is thy God?" But it is not his fall only and God's absence that afflict him. It is that he... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 42:1-11

Psalms 42:0 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 if we can discover it in any case, the old proverb holds good that a knowledge of the disease is half its cure. II. The second ingredient of the prescription is remembrance: (1) the Psalmist's remembrance of his own experience and (2) his remembrance of God's gracious dealings with others. III. The... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 42:1-2

DISCOURSE: 572DAVID’S DESIRE AFFER GODPsalms 42:1-2. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?GREAT are the vicissitudes of the Christian life: sometimes the soul basks, if we may so speak, in the full splendour of the Sun of Righteousness; and at other times it feels not in any degree the cheering influence of his rays. And these variations are sometimes of shorter... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Psalms 42:1

Maschil Maschil, "instruction." read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 42:1-11

Psalms 42:1-11 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 that do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled" ( Matthew 5:6 ). Here the psalmist is expressing his desire for God, "As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so pants my soul after thee, O God." Jesus cried out, "If any man thirsts, let him come unto Me... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 42:1-11

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 built, to which Lot and his daughters fled. Psalms 42:7 . Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts. Waterspouts at sea are very analogous to whirlwinds on land. They are never noticed but in dark and rainy weather. They are seen from the deck of a ship to arise in the midst of a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 42:1-11

Psalms 42:1-11As the heart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.The Korachite psalmsThe second book of the Psalter, characterized by the use of the Divine name “Elohim” instead of “Jehovah,” begins with a cluster of seven psalms (reckoning Psalms 43:1-5, as one), of which the superscription is most probably regarded as ascribing their authorship to “the sons of Korach.” These were Levites, and (1 Chronicles 9:19, etc.) the office of keepers of the door of the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 42:1

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 16:1-50 , but some of his sons, disliking his practice, escaped, and of them came Heman (the nephew of Samuel), a chief singer, 1 Chronicles 6:23 . Now, to him and his brethren was this and some other of... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 42:1

am 2983, bc 1021 (Title), Maschil, or a Psalm giving instruction, of the sons, etc. Or, "An instructive Psalm," or didactic ode, "for the sons of Korah." It is generally supposed to have been written by David when driven from Jerusalem and beyond Jordan, by Absalom's rebellion. the sons: Psalms 44:1, Psalms 45:1, Psalms 46:1, Psalms 47:1, Psalms 48:1, Psalms 49:1, Psalms 84:1, Psalms 85:1,*titles Numbers 16:1, Numbers 16:32, Numbers 26:11, 1 Chronicles 6:33-Haggai :, 1 Chronicles... read more