Psalms 42:8
By day Jehovah commandeth His kindness, And by night a song [is] with me, A prayer to the God of my life.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
9I say to God my rock, 'Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning in the oppression of an enemy?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:8'Jehovah commandeth with thee the blessing in thy storehouses, and in every putting forth of thy hand, and hath blessed thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
Job 35:10And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,
Psalms 27:1By David. Jehovah [is] my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah [is] the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?
Psalms 44:4Thou [art] He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.
Psalms 63:6If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches — I meditate on Thee.
Psalms 88:8Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up — I go not forth.
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 →