Psalm 42:11

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 42:1-11

Thirsting after God Psalms 42:1-11 This psalm clearly embalms the holy musings and yearnings of the exiled king during Absalom’s rebellion. Their setting to music was left to the sons of Korah, 2 Chronicles 20:19 . It was a great favorite with the early Church, driven to the Catacombs, on the walls of which are many designs of hunted deer. The water brooks, Psalms 42:1-3 . The hind suffers much from the sultry heat, but it dare not linger too long at the water-hole, because the wild beasts... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 42:1-11

This is the song of an exile and, moreover, of an exile among enemies who have no sympathy with his religious convictions. He cries out after God with all the intensity of one who knows God and cares supremely for the honor of God's name. His greatest grief is their mocking inquiry after his God. By contrast he remembers being in the midst of worshiping multitudes, their leader and companion. In the midst of his grief he appeals to his own soul in the language of hope and confidence. A great... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 42:11

‘Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope you in God, For I will yet praise him, Who is the help of my countenance, And my God. So once again he calls on his soul, and demands to know why it should be so disquieted within him. Rather should he hope in God, for he is confident that one day he will again praise God in His House, and this because God is the One Who enables him to lift up his face, and is his God. Thus he knows that He cannot finally let him down. read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 42:1-11

Psalms 42, 43. Originally these two Pss. were one. This is proved by the long refrain common to each, “ Why art thou cast down, O my soul,” etc. It recurs in Psalms 42:5; Psalms 42:11 and Psalms 43:5, and thus divides the Ps. into fairly equal portions. The theme, moreover, is the same in both, and Psalms 43 is an “ orphan” Ps. (p. 366), i.e. it has no title, because it did not originally rank as an independent poem. Psalms 42:1-Deuteronomy : . The misery of exile from the Temple and the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 42:11

The health of my countenance, Heb. the salvations of my face i.e. either, 1. Which are present and manifest, being before my face. Or, 2. Which will make my face to shine, and my countenance cheerful, which supposeth the gladness of the heart, and the bettering of his condition. Or, 3. Of his person; as the face sometimes signifies, as 2 Samuel 17:11; Isaiah 3:15. As also the Greek word signifying face, is very frequently put for the person, whereof the face is an eminent part. My God: as he... read more

Joseph Exell

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 42:1-11

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

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 42:11

Psalms 42:11 There were two things under which at this time probably the time of Absalom's short-lived and wicked triumph David's soul was suffering. It was "cast down," and it was "disquieted." To be "cast down" is depression of spirit; to be "disquieted" is agitation restlessness of mind. I. When he was low and very "cast down," David reasoned with his own soul, for thus we are to take it, not as an impassioned ejaculation, but as a deliberate question and an investigation of the matter... 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

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