Psalms 42:9

I will say to God my rock, Why have thou forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8[Yet] LORD will command his loving kindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, [even] a prayer to the God of my life.

10As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me; while they continually say to me, Where is thy God?

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Cross References

Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will thou forget me forever? How long will thou hide thy face from me?

Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me, far from helping me, [and] the words of my groaning?

Psalms 38:6I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all the day long.

Psalms 44:23Awake, why do thou sleep, O LORD? Arise, cast not off forever.

Psalms 62:2He only is my rock and my salvation, my high tower. I shall not be greatly moved.

Psalms 77:9Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 42:7-11

Complaints and Consolations. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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