Psalms 42:9

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

World English Bible

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

8The LORD will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.

10As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask 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 forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

Psalms 38:6I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.

Psalms 44:23Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.

Psalms 62:2He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will never be greatly shaken.

Psalms 77:9Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he, 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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