Psalms 42:3

My teares haue bin my meate day and night, while they dayly say vnto me, Where is thy God?

Geneva Bible 1599

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 soule thirsteth for God, euen for the liuing God: when shall I come and appeare before the presence of God?

4When I remembred these things, I powred out my very heart, because I had gone with the multitude, and ledde them into the House of God with the voyce of singing, and prayse, as a multitude that keepeth a feast.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:26For what flesh was there euer, that heard the voyce of the liuing God speaking out of the middes of the fire as we haue, and liued?

Psalms 3:2Many say to my soule, There is no helpe for him in God. Selah.

Psalms 42:10My bones are cut asunder, while mine enemies reproch me, saying dayly vnto me, Where is thy God?

Psalms 79:10Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be knowen among the heathen in our sight by the vengeance of the blood of thy seruants that is shed.

Psalms 80:5Thou hast fedde them with the bread of teares, and giuen them teares to drinke with great measure.

Psalms 102:9Surely I haue eaten asshes as bread, and mingled my drinke with weeping,

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 →

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