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Psalms 42:8

The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

In Context

7Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.

9I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:8The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.

Job 35:10But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,

Psalms 27:1Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?

Psalms 44:4You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.

Psalms 63:6When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.

Psalms 88:8You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 42:7-11

Complaints and Consolations. 6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 8 Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. 9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

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