Psalms 42:4

And I will go in to the altar of God, to God who gladdens my youth: I will give thanks to you on the harp, O God, my God. 1

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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 multitude that kept holyday.

In Context

3Send forth your light and your truth: they have led me, and brought me to your holy mountain, and to your tabernacles. 1

5Therefore are you very sad, O my soul? and therefore do you trouble me? Hope in God; for I will give thanks to him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:14And you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, your man-servant, and your maidservant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow that is in your cities.

1 Samuel 1:15And Anna answered and said, Nay, my lord, I live + 1:15 Comp. ἐν σκληρᾳ ἡμέρᾳ. in a hard day, and I have not drunk wine or strong drink, and I pour out my soul before the Lord.

2 Kings 18:32until I come and remove you to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, and bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil, and honey, and you⌃ shall live and not die: and do not you⌃ listen to Ezekias, for he deceives you, saying, The Lord shall deliver you.

1 Chronicles 16:1So they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tabernacle which David pitched for it; and they offered whole burnt offerings and peace-offerings before God.

2 Chronicles 30:23And the congregation purposed together to keep other seven days: and they kept seven days with gladness.

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 →

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