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 1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.**

 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where *is* thy God?

 4 When I remember these *things*, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and *why* art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him *for* the help of his countenance.***

 6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.*

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

 8 *Yet* the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song *shall be* with me, *and* my prayer unto the God of my life.

 9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

 10 *As* with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where *is* thy God?*

 11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, *who is* the health of my countenance, and my God.
 
[Psalms 41](/study/psalms/41) [Psalms 43](/study/psalms/43)

## Commentary

 To verse 1
 
Psalms 42-72, The Exodus Book, has to do with Israel; as the first book (1-41) had to do with Man. [Psalms 42:0](/kjv/psalms/42/0) and [Psalms 43:0](/kjv/psalms/43/0) are linked together, because (1) [Psalms 43:0](/kjv/psalms/43/0) has no title; (2) the Structure shows the correspondence of the repeated appeal. 

**Title. Maschil** = Instruction. The second of thirteen so named. See note on [Psalms 32:0](/kjv/psalms/32/0) , Title, and App-65 

**for** = by. 

**the sons of Korah.** The first of the eleven Psalms so distinguished (Psalms 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 84, 85, 87, 88). Korah died by Divine judgment ([Numbers 16:31-35](/kjv/numbers/16/31-35) ), but his sons were spared in grace ([Numbers 26:11](/kjv/numbers/26/11) ). The men of [Numbers 16:32](/kjv/numbers/16/32) did not include the "sons". See notes, and App-63 . 

**son** = descendants. 

**panteth** = crieth, or longeth. Compare [Joel 1:20](/kjv/joel/1/20) . The cry of Israel in Egypt. 

**after** = for. 

**brooks** = channels: water in gorges or pipes, difficult of approach. Hebrew. *'aphikim.* See note on [2 Samuel 22:16](/kjv/2-samuel/22/16) . 

**my soul** = I myself. Hebrew. *nephesh.* 

**after** = upon. 

**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 . The Creator, not yet revealed as Jehovah to Israel in the Egyptian oppression.

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