시편 42:2-3 KRV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 42:1-5

Holy love to God as the chief good and our felicity is the power of godliness, the very life and soul of religion, without which all external professions and performances are but a shell and carcase: now here we have some of the expressions of that love. Here is, I. Holy love thirsting, love upon the wing, soaring upwards in holy desires towards the Lord and towards the remembrance of his name (Ps. 42:1, 2): ?My soul panteth, thirsteth, for God, for nothing more than God, but still for more... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 42:2

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God ,.... Who is so called, in opposition to the idols of the Gentiles, which were lifeless statues; and who is the author, giver, and maintainer of natural life; and who has promised and provided eternal life in his Son; and is himself the fountain of life, and the fountain of living waters, and a place of broad rivers and streams: particularly his lovingkindness, which is better than life, is a pure river of water of life, the streams where make... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 42:3

My tears have been my meat day and night ,.... That is, he could not eat for sorrow, like Hannah, 1Sa 1:7,8 ; or while he was eating tears fell in plenty, and they were as common, day and night, as his food, and mixed with it F6 "--lachrymaeque alimenta fuere", Ovid. Metamorph. l. 10. Fab. 1. v. 75. ; see Psalm 80:5 ; while they continually say unto me , his enemies the Philistines, where is thy God ? theirs were to be seen and pointed at, as the host of heaven, the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 42:2

When shall I come - When, when shall I have the privilege of appearing in his courts before God? In the mouth of a Christian these words would import: "When shall I see my heavenly country? When shall I come to God, the Judge of all, and to Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant?" He who is a stranger and a pilgrim here below, and feels a heart full of piety to God, may use these words in this sense; but he who feels himself here at home, whose soul is not spiritual, wishes the earth to be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 42:3

My tears have been my meat day and night - My longing has been so intense after spiritual blessings, that I have forgotten to take my necessary food; and my sorrow has been so great, that I have had no appetite for any. I feel more for the honor of my God and his truth than for myself, when the idolaters, who have thy people in captivity, insultingly cry, Where is thy God? read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 42:2

Verse 2 The second verse illustrates more clearly what I have already said, that David does not simply speak of the presence of God, but of the presence of God in connection with certain symbols; for he sets before himself the tabernacle, the altar, the sacrifices, and other ceremonies by which God had testified that he would be near his people; and that it behoved the faithful, in seeking to approach God, to begin by those things. Not that they should continue attached to them, but that they... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 42:3

Verse 3 3.My tears have been my bread Here the Psalmist mentions another sharp piercing shaft with which the wicked and malevolent grievously wounded his heart. There can be no doubt that Satan made use of such means as these to fan the flame that consumed him with grief. “What,” we may suppose that adversary to say, “wouldst thou have? Seest thou not that God hath cast thee off? For certainly he desires to be worshipped in the tabernacle, to which you have now no opportunity of access, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 42:1-2

The intense longing of the soul after God. "My soul thirsteth," etc. Amid the trackless mountains and rugged valleys beyond Jordan, where the roaring torrents seem to answer one another from glen to glen, the heart of the pious exile turned with passionate yearning to the city and temple of God. It was, perhaps, as difficult for him to dissociate his deep spiritual yearning after God from the solemn and glorious services of the temple, as it is for us fully to realize the power and value... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 42:1-11

There is an intimate union between this psalm and the next, which is a sort of additional stanza, terminating in the same refrain (comp. Psalms 43:5 with Psalms 42:5 and Psalms 42:11 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 42:1-11

A thirst for God. This is one of the most touching, pathetic, and beautiful of the Psalms. It is not possible to decide either its author or the time of its composition. Its tones are very much like the plaintive sounds from David's harp, whether or no he was its writer (but see homily on Psalms 43:1-5 .). Leaving untouched, owing to want of space, the historical and geographical matters suggested in the psalm, £ we shall devote ourselves entirely to the opening up of its deep pathos... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 42:1-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 42:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 42:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 42:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 42:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 42:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 42:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 42:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 42:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 42:1-11

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