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Psalms 42:3

(42-4) My tears have been my food day and night, while they say unto me all the day: 'Where is Thy God?'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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(42-3) My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: 'When shall I come and appear before God?'

4(42-5) These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I passed on with the throng, and led them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:26(5-23) For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

Psalms 3:2(3-3) Many there are that say of my soul: 'There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah

Psalms 42:10(42-11) As with a crushing in my bones, mine adversaries taunt me; while they say unto me all the day: 'Where is Thy God?'

Psalms 79:10Wherefore should the nations say: 'Where is their God?' Let the avenging of Thy servants' blood that is shed be made known among the nations in our sight.

Psalms 80:5(80-6) Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.

Psalms 102:9(102-10) For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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Study Psalms 42:3

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