A PRACTICAL EXPOSITION OF
THE FORTY-SECOND PSALM.
BY THE
REV. JOHN R. MACDUFF,
AUTHOR OF "MORNING AND NIGHT WATCHES," "MEMORIES OF GENNESARET,"
"WORDS Of JESUS," ETC. ETC.
"The portion of God's Word that is specially precious tome, more so than I am able to express, is Psalm forty-second."—HarringtonEvans' Life, p. 399.
"What a precious, soul-comforting Psalm is that forty-second!"—LifeOf Captain Hammond, p. 289.
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¶ To the Chief Musician, Maschil, for the Sons of Korah.
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 multitude that kept holy day.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul?—and why art thou disquieted in me?
Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him
For the help of his countenance [or, His presence is salvation].
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 water-spouts;
All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
8 Yet the Lord will command his loving-kindness in the day-time,
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 oppression of the enemy?
10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me;
While they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul?—and why art thou disquieted within me?
Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him,
Who is the health of my countenance, and my God.[1]
The following is an excellent poetical paraphraseof the Psalm, by Bishop Lowth:—