Psalms 42:1
Unto the end, understanding for the sons of Core.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
In Context
2As the hart panteth after the fountains of water; so my soul panteth after thee, O God.
Cross References
Exodus 6:24The sons also of Core: Aser, and Elcana, and Abiasaph. These are the kindreds of the Corites.
Numbers 16:32And opening her mouth, devoured them with their tents and all their substance.
1 Chronicles 6:22The sons of Caath, Aminadab his son, Core his son, Asir his son,
1 Chronicles 25:1Moreover David and the chief .officers of the army separated for the ministry the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Idithun : to prophesy with harps, and with psalteries, and with cymbals according to their number serving in their appointed office.
Psalms 45:1Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the sons of Core, for understanding. A canticle for the Beloved.
Psalms 47:1Unto the end, for the sons of Core.
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 →