Psalm 42

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 42:4

had gone = shall go. went = shall go. holy day = feast day. read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 42:5

Why . . . ? Figure of speech Cycloides. The question repeated in Psalms 42:11 and Psalms 43:5 . See the Structure, above. And why . . . ? This second "why" is in the text of some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, as in Psalms 42:11 and Psalms 43:5 . help. Hebrew, plural salvations. Plural of majesty = great help, or great salvation. His. Hebrew text reads "my", so that, where I go I am delivered. countenance. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), put for the whole person. read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 42:6

O my God. In some codices this is joined on to the end of Psalms 42:5 = "the great deliverance of me, and [praise]my God". Compare Psalms 42:11 with Psalms 43:5 . Jordan. The reference is to 2 Samuel 17:22 . the Hermonites = the Hermons. Refers to the two peaks. hill = mountain. read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 42:8

Yet. Omit this. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . His lovingkindness . . . His song. Figure of speech Ellipsis (Complex), App-6 , by which each is to be repeated in the other = "His lovingkindness [and His song] in the daytime; and in the night His song [and His lovingkindness] shall be with me". GOD of my life. Some codices, with Syriac, read "the living GOD" ( App-4 . IV). read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 42:9

GOD. Hebrew El. App-4 . In edition of 1611 this was printed "My God". rock = mountain crag, or fortress. Hebrew. sela'. See note on Deuteronomy 32:13 .Deuteronomy 18:1 , Deuteronomy 18:2 . forgotten. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6 . read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 42:10

As with. Some codices read "Like". enemies = adversaries. The second Psalm of each book has for its subject the enemy. See App-10 . read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 42:11

health = salvation. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 42:1

BOOK II: PSALMS 42-72PSALMS 42 AND 43A PSALM OF THE BABYLONIAN EXILEWith these psalms we have the beginning of Book II of the Psalter. "This book includes Psalms 42-72, a total of 31, only eighteen of which are attributed to David. Book I which we have just concluded ascribes all 41 of them to David."[1]We accept the proposition that Psalms 42 and Psalms 43 are actually one Psalm for the following reasons: (1) Psalms 42 has no title whatever in the Psalter; (2) the sentiment is exactly the same... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 42:5

"Why art thou cast down, O my soul?And why art thou disquieted within me?Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise himFor the help of his countenance."This verse, as Henry noted, finds, "Faith silencing the complaint with the assurance of good times at last."[11]"Hope thou in God" (Psalms 42:5b), etc. These last two lines are repeated almost verbatim in Psalms 42:11 and in Psalms 43:5, concluding each of the three stanzas which comprise these two psalms.McCaw has understood the meaning of these... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 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.Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls:All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.Yet Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the daytime;And in the night his song shall be with meEven a prayer unto the God of my life."(See the chapter introduction for a discussion of Psalms 42:6.)"All thy waves and thy billows have gone over me" (Psalms... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 42:4

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 42:5

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 42:6

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 42:8

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 42:9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 42:10

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 42:11

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 42:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 42:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 42:6

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