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Psalms 42:3

My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me continually, “Where is thy God?”

Noyes Bible

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

2My soul thirsteth for God, the living God: When shall I come, and appear before God?

4When I think of it, I pour out my soul in grief; How I once walked with the multitude, Walked slowly with them to the house of God, Amid sounds of joy and praise with the festive multitude!

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Cross References

Psalms 3:2How many are they who say of me, “There is no help for him with God”! [[Pause.]]

Psalms 42:10Like the crushing of my bones are the reproaches of the enemy, While they say to me continually, “Where is thy God?”

Psalms 79:10Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” May the revenging of the blood of thy servants, which hath been shed, Be manifested among the nations before our eyes!

Psalms 80:5For thou causest them to eat the bread of tears, And givest them tears to drink, in full measure.

Psalms 102:9For I eat ashes like bread, And mingle my drink with tears.

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

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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