--- title: "Psalms 42 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge" description: "Read Psalms 42 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 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" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/42" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/42)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/42)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/42) Audio 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 am 2983, bc 1021 (Title), Maschil, or a Psalm giving instruction, of the sons, etc. Or, "An instructive Psalm," or didactic ode, "for the sons of Korah." It is generally supposed to have been written by David when driven from Jerusalem and beyond Jordan, by Absalom's rebellion. **the sons:** [Psalms 44:1](/kjv/psalms/44/1), [Psalms 45:1](/kjv/psalms/45/1), [Psalms 46:1](/kjv/psalms/46/1), [Psalms 47:1](/kjv/psalms/47/1), [Psalms 48:1](/kjv/psalms/48/1), [Psalms 49:1](/kjv/psalms/49/1), [Psalms 84:1](/kjv/psalms/84/1), [Psalms 85:1](/kjv/psalms/85/1),*titles [Numbers 16:1](/kjv/numbers/16/1), [Numbers 16:32](/kjv/numbers/16/32), [Numbers 26:11](/kjv/numbers/26/11), [1 Chronicles 6:33-37](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/33-37), [1 Chronicles 25:1-5](/kjv/1-chronicles/25/1-5) **panteth:** Heb. brayeth **so panteth:** [Psalms 63:1](/kjv/psalms/63/1), [Psalms 63:2](/kjv/psalms/63/2), [Psalms 84:2](/kjv/psalms/84/2), [Psalms 143:6](/kjv/psalms/143/6), [Psalms 143:7](/kjv/psalms/143/7), [Isaiah 26:8](/kjv/isaiah/26/8), [Isaiah 26:9](/kjv/isaiah/26/9) **Reciprocal:** [Genesis 13:4](/kjv/genesis/13/4) - Unto [1 Samuel 26:19](/kjv/1-samuel/26/19) - they have driven [2 Samuel 15:25](/kjv/2-samuel/15/25) - he will bring [2 Samuel 23:15](/kjv/2-samuel/23/15) - longed [1 Chronicles 6:37](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/37) - Korah [1 Chronicles 9:19](/kjv/1-chronicles/9/19) - Korah [1 Chronicles 11:17](/kjv/1-chronicles/11/17) - of the water [Job 6:5](/kjv/job/6/5) - loweth [Psalms 38:10](/kjv/psalms/38/10) - heart [Psalms 73:25](/kjv/psalms/73/25) - none upon [Psalms 119:20](/kjv/psalms/119/20) - soul [Psalms 119:81](/kjv/psalms/119/81) - fainteth [Psalms 119:131](/kjv/psalms/119/131) - opened [Proverbs 13:12](/kjv/proverbs/13/12) - Hope [Proverbs 25:25](/kjv/proverbs/25/25) - cold [Ecclesiastes 1:5](/kjv/ecclesiastes/1/5) - hasteth [Song of Solomon 2:5](/kjv/song-of-solomon/2/5) - Stay [Song of Solomon 5:8](/kjv/song-of-solomon/5/8) - I am [Song of Solomon 8:6](/kjv/song-of-solomon/8/6) - love [Isaiah 38:22](/kjv/isaiah/38/22) - What [Isaiah 55:1](/kjv/isaiah/55/1) - every [Matthew 5:6](/kjv/matthew/5/6) - are [Luke 6:21](/kjv/luke/6/21) - ye that hunger [Romans 8:26](/kjv/romans/8/26) - with [2 Corinthians 7:11](/kjv/2-corinthians/7/11) - 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