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title: "Psalms 42 - Study King James Bible with geneva study bible"
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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
 
42:1 [To the chief Musician, Maschil, {a} for the sons of Korah.] As the hart {b} panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 

(a) As a treasure to be kept by them, who were of the number of the Levites. 

(b) By these comparisons of the thirst and panting, he shows his fervent desire to serve God in his temple.

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