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9I will say{H8799)} unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten{H8804)} me? why go{H8799)} I mourning{H8802)} because of the oppression of the enemy{H8802)}?

Psalms 42:9

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

  • For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  • The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

  • Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

  • A Psalm of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

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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