Psalms 42:9

I say to God my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I walk so sadly, so hard pressed by the foe?”

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In The King James Version

I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

In Context

8In the day I cry to the Lord to summon his kindness; and the song that I sing in the night is a prayer to the living God.

10It pierces me to the heart to hear the enemy’s taunts, as all the day long they say to me, “Where is your God?”

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Cross References

Psalms 13:1How long, Lord, will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you left me, my rescue so far from the words of my roaring?

Psalms 38:6Bent and bowed am I utterly, all the day going in mourning.

Psalms 44:23Rouse yourself, why do you sleep Lord? Awake, cast us not off forever.

Psalms 62:2Yes, he is my rock, my help, my retreat, I shall not be shaken too sorely.

Psalms 77:9Has God forgotten to be gracious, or in anger withheld his compassion?” Selah

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 →

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