Psalms 42:9

I will say onto GOD,—my rock, Wherefore hast thou forgotten me? Wherefore in gloom should I go, because of oppression by the enemy?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

8By day, will Yahweh command his lovingkindness, And, in the night, shall His song be with me, My prayer be to the GOD of my life.

10With a crushing of my bones, have my adversaries reproached me,—While they keep saying unto me all the day, Where is thy God?

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Cross References

Psalms 13:1How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou wholly forget me? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

Psalms 22:1My GOD, my GOD, why hast thou forsaken me? Far from saving me, The words of my loud lamentation?

Psalms 38:6I am bent, I am bowed down very low. All the day, have I gloomily walked;

Psalms 44:23Awake thou! wherefore shouldst thou sleep, O Lord? Bestir thee! do not reject us altogether!

Psalms 62:2Surely, he, is my rock and my salvation, My high tower—I shall not be greatly shaken!

Psalms 77:9Hath GOD, forgotten to show favour? Or hath he shut up, in anger, his compassions? [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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