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The Psalms (Hebrew: Tehillim — "praises") are the hymn book of God's covenant people, spanning roughly 1000 BC (David) to the post-exilic period. David authored at least 73 by the superscriptions, and the NT treats these as authoritative prophecy (Acts 2:25-31; 4:25-26; 13:35).
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- Primary Witness Text: As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? 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 holyday. 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. 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. Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 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. I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? 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.
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The Psalms (Hebrew: Tehillim — "praises") are the hymn book of God's covenant people, spanning roughly 1000 BC (David) to the post-exilic period. David authored at least 73 by the superscriptions, and the NT treats these as authoritative prophecy (Acts 2:25-31; 4:25-26; 13:35).
Psalm 22 stands as the supreme individual lament-to-praise psalm, with its opening cry quoted by Jesus from the cross and its crucifixion details — composed 1000 years before Rome invented crucifixion — as among the most powerful predictive prophecy evidence in Scripture.
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Psalms 42:1
Hebrew
לַמְנַצֵּחַ מַשְׂכִּיל לִבְנֵי־קֹֽרַח׃lamenatzecha-mashekhiyl-liveney-qorach
KJV: As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
AKJV: As the hart pants after the water brooks, so pants my soul after you, O God.
ASV: As the hart panteth after the water brooks,
YLT: To the Overseer. --An Instruction. By sons of Korah. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God.
Exposition: Psalms 42:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 42:2
Hebrew
כְּאַיָּל תַּעֲרֹג עַל־אֲפִֽיקֵי־מָיִם כֵּן נַפְשִׁי תַעֲרֹג אֵלֶיךָ אֱלֹהִֽים׃khe'ayal-ta'arog-'al-'afiyqey-mayim-khen-nafeshiy-ta'arog-'eleykha-'elohiym
KJV: My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
AKJV: My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
ASV: My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:
YLT: My soul thirsted for God, for the living God, When do I enter and see the face of God?
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 42:2Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 42:2
Psalms 42:2 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 42:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 42:3
Hebrew
צָמְאָה נַפְשִׁי ׀ לֵאלֹהִים לְאֵל חָי מָתַי אָבוֹא וְאֵרָאֶה פְּנֵי אֱלֹהִֽים׃tzame'ah-nafeshiy- -le'lohiym-le'el-chay-matay-'avvo'-ve'era'eh-feney-'elohiym
KJV: My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
AKJV: My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say to me, Where is your God?
ASV: My tears have been my food day and night,
YLT: My tear hath been to me bread day and night, In their saying unto me all the day, `Where is thy God?'
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 42:3Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 42:3
Psalms 42:3 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 42:3
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- Psalms 42:3
Exposition: Psalms 42:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 42:4
Hebrew
הָֽיְתָה־לִּי דִמְעָתִי לֶחֶם יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה בֶּאֱמֹר אֵלַי כָּל־הַיּוֹם אַיֵּה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃hayetah-liy-dime'atiy-lechem-yvomam-valayelah-ve'emor-'elay-khal-hayvom-'ayeh-'eloheykha
KJV: 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 holyday.
AKJV: 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.
ASV: These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me,
YLT: These I remember, and pour out my soul in me, For I pass over into the booth, I go softly with them unto the house of God, With the voice of singing and confession, The multitude keeping feast!
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 42:4Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 42:4
Psalms 42:4 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: '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 holyday.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 42:4
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Exposition: Psalms 42:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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 holyday.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 42:5
Hebrew
אֵלֶּה אֶזְכְּרָה ׀ וְאֶשְׁפְּכָה עָלַי ׀ נַפְשִׁי כִּי אֶֽעֱבֹר ׀ בַּסָּךְ אֶדַּדֵּם עַד־בֵּית אֱלֹהִים בְּקוֹל־רִנָּה וְתוֹדָה הָמוֹן חוֹגֵֽג׃'eleh-'ezekherah- -ve'eshefekhah-'alay- -nafeshiy-khiy-'e'evor- -vasakhe-'edadem-'ad-veyt-'elohiym-veqvol-rinah-vetvodah-hamvon-chvogeg
KJV: 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.
AKJV: Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disquieted in me? hope you in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
ASV: Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
YLT: What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance--My God!
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Psalms 42:5
Psalms 42:5 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: '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.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 42:5
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- Psalms 42:5
Exposition: Psalms 42:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 42:6
Hebrew
מַה־תִּשְׁתּוֹחֲחִי ׀ נַפְשִׁי וַתֶּהֱמִי עָלָי הוֹחִילִי לֵֽאלֹהִים כִּי־עוֹד אוֹדֶנּוּ יְשׁוּעוֹת פָּנָֽיו׃mah-tishetvochachiy- -nafeshiy-vatehemiy-'alay-hvochiyliy-le'lohiym-khiy-'vod-'vodenv-yeshv'vot-fanayv
KJV: 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.
AKJV: O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember you from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
ASV: O my God, my soul is cast down within me:
YLT: In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 42:6Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 42:6
Psalms 42:6 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: '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.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 42:6
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- Jordan
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- Mizar
Exposition: Psalms 42:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 42:7
Hebrew
אֱֽלֹהַי עָלַי נַפְשִׁי תִשְׁתּוֹחָח עַל־כֵּן אֶזְכָּרְךָ מֵאֶרֶץ יַרְדֵּן וְחֶרְמוֹנִים מֵהַר מִצְעָֽר׃'elohay-'alay-nafeshiy-tishetvochach-'al-khen-'ezekharekha-me'eretz-yareden-vecheremvoniym-mehar-mitze'ar
KJV: Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
AKJV: Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterspouts: all your waves and your billows are gone over me.
ASV: Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls:
YLT: Deep unto deep is calling At the noise of Thy water-spouts, All Thy breakers and Thy billows passed over me.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 42:7Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 42:7
Psalms 42:7 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 42:7
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- Psalms 42:7
Exposition: Psalms 42:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 42:8
Hebrew
תְּהֽוֹם־אֶל־תְּהוֹם קוֹרֵא לְקוֹל צִנּוֹרֶיךָ כָּֽל־מִשְׁבָּרֶיךָ וְגַלֶּיךָ עָלַי עָבָֽרוּ׃tehvom-'el-tehvom-qvore'-leqvol-tzinvoreykha-khal-mishevareykha-vegaleykha-'alay-'avarv
KJV: 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.
AKJV: 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 to the God of my life.
ASV: Yet Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time;
YLT: By day Jehovah commandeth His kindness, And by night a song is with me, A prayer to the God of my life.
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Psalms 42:8
Psalms 42:8 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: '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.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 42:8
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- Psalms 42:8
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Ray
Exposition: Psalms 42:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 42:9
Hebrew
יוֹמָם ׀ יְצַוֶּה יְהוָה ׀ חַסְדּוֹ וּבַלַּיְלָה שירה שִׁירוֹ עִמִּי תְּפִלָּה לְאֵל חַיָּֽי׃yvomam- -yetzaveh-yehvah- -chasedvo-vvalayelah-shyrh-shiyrvo-'imiy-tefilah-le'el-chayay
KJV: I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
AKJV: I will say to God my rock, Why have you forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
ASV: I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me?
YLT: I say to God my rock, `Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning in the oppression of an enemy?
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Psalms 42:9
Psalms 42:9 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 42:9
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- Psalms 42:9
Exposition: Psalms 42:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 42:10
Hebrew
אוֹמְרָה ׀ לְאֵל סַלְעִי לָמָה שְׁכַחְתָּנִי לָֽמָּה־קֹדֵר אֵלֵךְ בְּלַחַץ אוֹיֵֽב׃'vomerah- -le'el-sale'iy-lamah-shekhachetaniy-lamah-qoder-'elekhe-velachatz-'voyev
KJV: As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
AKJV: As with a sword in my bones, my enemies reproach me; while they say daily to me, Where is your God?
ASV: As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me,
YLT: With a sword in my bones Have mine adversaries reproached me, In their saying unto me all the day, `Where is thy God?'
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 42:10Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 42:10
Psalms 42:10 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 42:10
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Psalms 42:10
Exposition: Psalms 42:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 42:11
Hebrew
בְּרֶצַח ׀ בְּֽעַצְמוֹתַי חֵרְפוּנִי צוֹרְרָי בְּאָמְרָם אֵלַי כָּל־הַיּוֹם אַיֵּה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃veretzach- -ve'atzemvotay-cherefvniy-tzvoreray-ve'ameram-'elay-khal-hayvom-'ayeh-'eloheykha
KJV: 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.
AKJV: Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disquieted within me? hope you in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
ASV: Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
YLT: What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 42:11Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Psalms 42:11
Psalms 42:11 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: '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.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 42:11
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Psalms 42:11
Exposition: Psalms 42:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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Canonical references surfaced in commentary
- Psalms 42:1
- Psalms 42:2
- Psalms 42:3
- Psalms 42:4
- Psalms 42:5
- Psalms 42:6
- Psalms 42:7
- Psalms 42:8
- Psalms 42:9
- Psalms 42:10
- Psalms 42:11
Named authorities or texts surfaced in commentary
- Jordan
- Hermonites
- Mizar
- Ray
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Psalms 42:1
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Psalms 42:1
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness