Psalms 42:9

I will say to God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? 1 Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?” 1

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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

8Yet Yahweh will command his covenant faithfulness in the daytime; 1 in the night his song will be with me, 1 a prayer to the God of my life. 1

10As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries rebuke me, 1 while they always say to me, “Where is your God?” 1

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Cross References

Psalms 13:1How long, Yahweh, will you keep forgetting about me? 1 How long will you hide your face from me? 1

Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? 1 Why are you so far from saving me and far from the words of my anguish? 1

Psalms 38:6I am stooped over and humiliated every day; 1 I go about mourning all day long. 1

Psalms 44:23Awake, why do you sleep, Lord? 1 Arise, do not throw us off permanently. 1

Psalms 62:2He alone is my rock and my salvation; 1 he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved. 1

Psalms 77:9Had God forgotten to be gracious? 1 Had his anger shut off his compassion? Selah 1

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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