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Psalms 42:3

My tears have been my food by day and by night; for they say to me all the day long, “Where is your God?”

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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

2I thirst for God, for my living God. When shall I enter in, and see the face of God?

4My heart floods with sorrow, as I call to mind: how I used to pass on with the throng, at their head, to the house of God, with glad shouts and giving of thanks, in the throng who kept festival.

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Cross References

Psalms 3:2Many are those who say of me, “There is no help for him in his God.” Selah

Psalms 42:10It pierces me to the heart to hear the enemy’s taunts, as all the day long they say to me, “Where is your God?”

Psalms 79:10Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let revenge for the outpoured blood of your servants be shown on the heathen before our eyes.

Psalms 80:5You have fed them with bread of tears, you have made them drink tears by the measure.

Psalms 102:9For ashes have been my bread, and tears have been mixed with my cup.

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

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