Psalms 42:4

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 thy light and thy truth: 1 They have led me, and brought me to thy holy mountain, 1 And to thy tabernacles. 1

5Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me? 1 Hope in God; for I will give thanks to him, 1 Who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:14And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow that is in thy cities.

1 Samuel 1:15And Hannah answered and said, Nay, my lord, I live 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 ye shall live and not die: and do not ye hearken to Hezekiah, 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.

Psalms 55:14For thou hast delivered my soul from death, 1 And my feet from sliding, 1 That I should be well-pleasing before God in the land of the living.

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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