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Psalms 42:3

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

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In Context

2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

4When 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 multitude that kept holyday.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:26For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

Psalms 3:2Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

Psalms 42:10As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

Psalms 79:10Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

Psalms 80:5Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

Psalms 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink 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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