Psalms 42:3
\42:2\My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
In Context
2\42:1\Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God.
4\42:3\My tears have been my food day and night, while they keep saying to me, Where is your God?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:26For what man is there in all the earth, who, hearing the voice of the living God as we have, out of the heart of the fire, has been kept from death?
Psalms 3:2\3:1\Lord, how greatly are they increased who make attacks on me! in great numbers they come against me.
Psalms 42:10\42:9\I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?
Psalms 79:10Why may the nations say, Where is their God? Let payment for the blood of your servants be made openly among the nations before our eyes.
Psalms 80:5\80:4\O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?
Psalms 102:9\102:8\My haters say evil of me all day; those who are violent against me make use of my name as a curse.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 42:2-6
Desiring Communion with God; Mourning for the Loss of Public Ordinances. 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… Read the whole commentary →