Psalms 42:1--43:5
[A.M. 2983. B.C. 1021. (Title.)]
{Maschil,} or a Psalm giving instruction, of the sons, etc. Or, "An instructive Psalm," or didactic ode, "for the sons of Korah." It is generally supposed to have been written by David when driven from Jerusalem and beyond Jordan, by Absalom's rebellion.
Korahites <01121> [the sons.]
longs ........ long <06165> [panteth. Heb. brayeth. so panteth.]
thirst <06770> [thirsteth.]
living <02416> [living.]
go <0935> [when.]
weep <01832> [tears.]
day <03117> [while.]
remember <02142> [When.]
weep <08210> [I pour.]
walking along <05674> [for I.]
shouting <06963> [with the voice.]
depressed <07817> [Why art thou cast down. Heb. Why art thou bowed down.]
Wait for <03176> [hope.]
give thanks ....... saving intervention <03034 03444> [praise him. or, give thanks. for the help, etc. or, his presence is salvation.]
<0430> [my God.]
pray <02142> [therefore.]
region ......... Mount <0776 02022> [from the.]
Hermon <02769> [Hermonites.]
Mount Mizar <04706 02022> [the hill Mizar. or, the little hill.]
deep stream calls .... another <08415 07121> [Deep calleth.]
waterfalls <06794> [water-spouts.]
A water-spout is a large tube formed of clouds by means of the electric fluid, the base being uppermost, and the point let down perpendicularly form the clouds. It has a particular kind of circular motion at the point; and, being hollow within, attracts vast quantities of water, which it frequently pours down in torrents upon the earth. These spouts are frequent on the coast of Syria; and no doubt the Psalmist had often seen them, and the ravages which they made.
billows <04867> [all thy.]
decrees <06680> [command.]
night <03915> [in the night.]
God <0410> [the God.]
God <0410> [God.]
ignore <07911> [Why hast.]
<03212> [why go.]
oppress <03906> [because.]
taunts <07524> [As with.]
taunts <07524> [sword. or, killing. while.]
depressed <07817> [cast down.]
saving intervention <03444> [the health.]
[A.M. 2983. B.C. 1021. (Title.)]
This Psalm is evidently a continuation of the preceding, and had the same author; and they are written as one in forty-six MSS. The sameness of subject, similarity of composition, and return of the same burden in both, are sufficient evidence of this opinion.
Vindicate <08199> [Judge.]
Fight for me <07378> [plead.]
ungodly <03808> [ungodly. or, unmerciful. the deceitful. Heb. a man of deceit and iniquity.]
God <0430> [the God.]
reject <02186> [why dost.]
walk <01980> [why go.]
Reveal <07971> [send.]
lead <05148> [lead.]
holy <06944> [thy holy.]
place where you live <04908> [tabernacles.]
go <0935> [Then.]
ecstatic joy <08057 01524> [my exceeding joy. Heb. the gladness of my joy.]
harp <03658> [upon.]
God ................... God ... God <0430> [O God.]
depressed <07817> [cast down]
saving intervention <03444> [health.]
{Yesh“th,} "salvations." or deliverances see Ps 44:4.
