Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of Psalms
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 42:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 42:1 JFB -> Commentary on 42:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 42:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 42:1 SRN -> Study Notes on 42:1 TOD -> Commentary on 42:1 TSK -> Commentary on 42:1 TSK -> Entry for 42:1 WEN -> Notes on 42:1 NTB -> Affections; Desire; Korah; Music; Righteous; Seekers; Thirst; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Access to God; Affections, The; Communion with God; Hart, The; Saints, Compared to EBD -> Hart; Hind SBD -> Hind 42:1 - [In Context] For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so I long for you, O God.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 42:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 42:2 JFB -> Commentary on 42:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 42:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 42:2 TOD -> Commentary on 42:2 TSK -> Commentary on 42:2 TSK -> Entry for 42:2 WEN -> Notes on 42:2 NTB -> Desire; Seekers; Thirst; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Access to God; Hart, The 42:2 - [In Context] I thirst for God, the living God. When can I come and stand before him?
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 42:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 42:3 JFB -> Commentary on 42:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 42:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 42:3 TOD -> Commentary on 42:3 TSK -> Commentary on 42:3 TSK -> Entry for 42:3 WEN -> Notes on 42:3 NTB -> Desire; Infidelity; Persecution; Scoffing; Seekers; Tears; Thirst 42:3 - [In Context] Day and night, I have only tears for food, while my enemies continually taunt me, saying, "Where is this God of yours?"
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 42:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 42:4 JFB -> Commentary on 42:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 42:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 42:4 TOD -> Commentary on 42:4 TSK -> Commentary on 42:4 TSK -> Entry for 42:4 WEN -> Notes on 42:4 NTB -> Church; Desire; Feasts; Joy; Praise; Seekers; Thirst; Worship TTT -> Communion of Saints; Feasts, The Anniversary; Joy; Prayer; Prayer, Public 42:4 - [In Context] My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving thanks – it was the sound of a great celebration!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 42:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 42:5 JFB -> Commentary on 42:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 42:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 42:5 TOD -> Commentary on 42:5 TSK -> Commentary on 42:5 TSK -> Entry for 42:5 WEN -> Notes on 42:5 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Desire; Doubting; Faith TTT -> Affliction, Consolation under; Despair; Praise; Resignation 42:5 - [In Context] Why am I discouraged? Why so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again – my Savior and
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 42:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 42:6 JFB -> Commentary on 42:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 42:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 42:6 TOD -> Commentary on 42:6 TSK -> Commentary on 42:6 TSK -> Entry for 42:6 WEN -> Notes on 42:6 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Desire; Doubting; Faith; Mizar TTT -> Mountains EBD -> Hermon; Hermonites, the; Mizar SBD -> Hermonites, The 42:6 - [In Context] my God! Now I am deeply discouraged, but I will remember your kindness – from Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan, from the land of Mount Mizar.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 42:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 42:7 JFB -> Commentary on 42:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 42:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 42:7 TOD -> Commentary on 42:7 TSK -> Commentary on 42:7 TSK -> Entry for 42:7 WEN -> Notes on 42:7 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Desire TTT -> Afflictions; Loving-kindness of God, The EBD -> Gutter; Habakkuk; Hermonites, the; Waterspouts SBD -> Hermonites, The 42:7 - [In Context] I hear the tumult of the raging seas as your waves and surging tides sweep over me.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 42:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 42:8 JFB -> Commentary on 42:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 42:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 42:8 TOD -> Commentary on 42:8 TSK -> Commentary on 42:8 TSK -> Entry for 42:8 WEN -> Notes on 42:8 NTB -> Desire; Faith; God (continued); Prayerfulness TTT -> Loving-kindness of God, The TV -> Devotional using 42:8 TV -> Devotional using 42:8 TV -> Devotional using 42:8 42:8 - [In Context] Through each day the LORD pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 42:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 42:9 JFB -> Commentary on 42:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 42:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 42:9 TOD -> Commentary on 42:9 TSK -> Commentary on 42:9 TSK -> Entry for 42:9 WEN -> Notes on 42:9 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Desire SPG -> Devotional using 42:9 42:9 - [In Context] "O God my rock," I cry, "Why have you forsaken me? Why must I wander in darkness, oppressed by my enemies?"
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 42:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 42:10 JFB -> Commentary on 42:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 42:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 42:10 TOD -> Commentary on 42:10 TSK -> Commentary on 42:10 TSK -> Entry for 42:10 WEN -> Notes on 42:10 NTB -> Desire; Persecution; Scoffing TTT -> Reviling and Reproaching 42:10 - [In Context] Their taunts pierce me like a fatal wound. They scoff, "Where is this God of yours?"
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 42:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 42:11 JFB -> Commentary on 42:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 42:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 42:11 TOD -> Commentary on 42:11 TSK -> Commentary on 42:11 TSK -> Entry for 42:11 NTB -> Assurance; Countenance; Desire TTT -> Assurance; Despair; Resignation; Reviling and Reproaching 42:11 - [In Context] Why am I discouraged? Why so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again – my Savior and my God!

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TOD - Treasury of David; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.