Psalms 42:1
A Psalm of David. Judge me, O God, and discern my cause from that of a nation not holy; rescue me from a man unjust and deceitful.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 6:24Likewise, the sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the kindred of the Korahites.
Numbers 16:32And opening its mouth, it devoured them with their tabernacles and their entire substance.
1 Chronicles 6:22The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
1 Chronicles 25:1Then David and the magistrates of the army set apart, for the ministry, the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with harps and psalteries and cymbals, in accord with their number, having been dedicated to their appointed office.
Psalms 45:1Unto the end. To the sons of Korah, for confidants. A Psalm.
Psalms 47:1A Canticle Psalm. To the sons of Korah, on the second Sabbath.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 42:1
If the book of Psalms be, as some have styled it, a mirror or looking-glass of pious and devout affections, this psalm in particular deserves, as much as any one psalm, to be so entitled, and is as proper as any to kindle and excite such in us: gracious desires are here strong and fervent; gracious hopes and fears, joys and sorrows, are here struggling, but the pleasing passion comes off a conqueror. Or we may take it for a conflict between sense and faith, sense objecting and faith answering. I. Faith begins with… Read the whole commentary →