Psalm 42:8-10
New Catholic Bible
8 The depths of the sea resound
in the roar of your waterfalls;[a]
all your waves and your breakers
sweep over me.
9 During the day the Lord grants his kindness,
and at night his praise is with me,
a prayer to the living God.[b]
10 I say to God, my Rock,[c]
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go about in mourning
while my enemy oppresses me?”
Footnotes
- Psalm 42:8 The depths of the sea resound . . . your waterfalls: the psalmist alludes to the “waterfalls” that carry God’s waters from the “depths” above to the “depths” below (see note on Ps 36:9), bringing God’s breakers sweeping over him (see Pss 69:2f; 88:8; Jon 2:3, 5). And God is involved in this danger of water toward the psalmist (see note on Ps 32:6)—he lets it happen.
- Psalm 42:9 Nonetheless, the psalmist is confident of God’s kindness, and this sustains him (see note on Ps 6:5). The living God: some propose the translation: “the God of my life” and understand it as the “God who gives me life.”
- Psalm 42:10 Rock: see note on Ps 18:3. Why . . . ? Why . . . ?: see note on Ps 6:4.
Psalm 42:8-10
1599 Geneva Bible
8 The Lord [a]will grant his loving-kindness in the day, and in the night shall I sing of him, even a prayer unto the God of my life.
9 I will say unto God, which is my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning, when the enemy oppresseth me?
10 My [b]bones are cut asunder, while mine enemies reproach me, saying daily unto me, Where is thy God?
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Psalm 42:8 He assureth himself of God’s help in time to come.
- Psalm 42:10 That is, I am most grievously tormented.
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