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8Yet the LORD will command{H8762)} his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

Psalms 42:8

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.

  • I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

  • When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

  • But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

  • The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-11)

Complaints and comforts here, as before, take their turn, like day and night in the course of nature. I. He complains of the dejections of his spirit, but comforts himself with the thoughts of God, Ps. 42:6. 1. In his troubles. His soul was dejected, and he goes to God and tells him so: O my God! my soul is cast down within me . It is a great support to us, when upon any account we are distressed,…

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