Illustrate by Joseph’s disappointment when forgotten by the butler. Joseph Benson's Commentary. From the hill Mizar — From all the places and parts of the land to which I shall be driven; whether from the parts about, or beyond Jordan on the east; or mount Hermon, which was in the northern parts, here called Hermonim, in the plural number, because of its great extent, and many tops and parts of it called by several names. (See Thomson, Land and Book, p. the play on the name Zoar in Genesis 19:20.) I. of those places, and of the people that received the law on Mount 42:6-11 The way to forget our miseries, is to remember the God of our mercies. Wherever we go, God should be in our recollection. They do not come to God’s house, nor address themselves to their prayers, with such an appetite as they do to the business of the world; but want earliest and fervent desires for the success of the petitions. house, from Jerusalem, and the place of divine worship, and so "Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary". To the Chief Musician. John. I am now deprived of the accustomed sacrifices, of which I stand much in need, but he has not taken from me his word. O my God, my soul is cast down within me. The above interpreter thinks Zoar is meant, which Lot so Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. Bitter as it may be to feel the want of respect, of reverence, of obedience, of love from the children that are dear to us, that bitterness is intensified when memory testifies that we ourselves caused the evil by our unwisdom, neglect, or excess of tenderness. O my God, my soul is in despair within me; Therefore I remember You from the land of the Jordan And the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar. 1 To the choirmaster. Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. 3. he is being taunted by his captors, Ps. 1. A Christian merchant, some years ago, who had retired from business, and employed his substance in the cause of God, lately said to me, “I have found my troubles increase in life precisely in proportion to the number of my servants, and the growth of my property.” Paul says, “We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed.” This is well. Psalm 42 – Honest Prayer from a Discouraged Saint. In the psalm, "not seeing God" means "not *worshipping God". https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bnb/psalms-42.html. 19:20 Genesis Hermonites.—Rather, of the Hermons, i.e., either collectively for the whole range (as generally of mountains, the Balkans, etc.) Hence some think the poet is contrasting Hermon with Zion. Psalm 42:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term; Psalm 42:4 See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain. In reality, however, the group known especially as Hermon has three summits, situated, like the angles of a triangle, a quarter of a mile from each other, and of almost equal elevation. The principal summit, or Mount Hermon properly so called, rises to the height of ten or twelve thousand feet, and is covered with perpetual snow; or rather, as Dr. Robinson says (Biblical Researches, iii. It is a wise plan to say to such an one, “Oh yes! But if one trouble follow hard after another, if all seem to combine for our ruin, let us remember they are all appointed and overruled by the Lord. The greatest of earthly elevations is but little when compared with the moral elevation of the Lord's hill of Zion (Psalms 68:15-16). It is not the water without a vessel, if it were as large as the Atlantic, that would sink it; but the water that gets in. 1840-57. 42:6. O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan. God cares more for me, for my present and my future, than I care for myself. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jtc/psalms-42.html. 1870. PSALM 42 * Longing for God’s Presence in the Temple. 6.O my God! O my God, my soul is cast down within me. Why do you moan within me? of them; partly for the glory of divine grace, and to express 5. my soul is cast down within me, therefore will I remember thee, etc. The causes of our being cast down are very numerous. ), The hill Mizar.—Marg., the little hill. "Commentary on Psalms 42:6". 2. Translate, '(from the land) of the From the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. The formal arrangement already speaks in favour of this. 2. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/cal/psalms-42.html. I. This spur or ridge lies near the sources of the Jordan. Pluck off those robes of mourning, lay aside that sackcloth and those ashes, down from the willows snatch your harps, and let us together sing praises unto Him whose love and power and faithfulness and goodness shall ever be the same. Psalm 42:6 Translation & Meaning. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/whe/psalms-42.html. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jfu/psalms-42.html. From the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar, Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments, George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, "the great deliverance of me, and [praise]my God", Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged, "When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. They expect clearer revelations of Divine things; brighter evidence of their justification, and greater joy in the Holy Ghost, than is promised them in this present world. people of God to call to mind past experiences, and make mention 1. 1857. Nothing worth in ourselves, in Christ we are precious in His sight. His soul, his very self, his deepest life, was insatiable for a sense of the divine presence. David then complains that his soul was oppressed with sorrow, because he saw himself cast out of the Church of God. "Commentary on Psalms 42:6". That the Lord was his portion, of which neither earth nor hell could rob him. Which the psalmist repeats, partly to show the greatness of his dejection, though he had not lost his view of interest in God as his covenant God; and partly to observe another method he made use of to remove his dejection and refresh his spirits; and that was by calling to mind past experiences of divine goodness; therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan; the country round about it, or rather beyond it; which was at the farthest parts of the land of Canaan, where David was obliged to flee, and where he had often met with God; and of the Hermonites; who inhabited the mountain of Hermon; or the Hermonian mountains, as the Targum; see Psalm 133:3; a mountain upon the border of the land of Israel eastward, and which was very high; Cocceius thinks the Geshurites are meant; see 1 Samuel 27:8; here also the Lord had appeared to him, and for him; and. The words which follow are designed merely to give an idea of the desolation and sadness of his condition, and of the fact of his exile. David here follows out his own call to his soul to 'hope in God' (Psalms 42:5). It is his consolation that he can still remember God, and His past grace to him, even though he is excluded from the temple of God. or with reference to the appearance of the mountain as a ridge with a conspicuous peak at either end. All Rightes Reserved, Larry Pierce, Winterbourne, Ontario.A printed copy of this work can be ordered from: The Baptist Standard Bearer, 1 Iron Oaks Dr, Paris, AR, 72855. Despair is reckless, and deep misery tends strongly to despair. BibliographyEllicott, Charles John. Our Work in Palestine, p. My soul (my life, my inner self) thirsts for God, for the living God. Yet Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the daytime; And in the night his song shall be with me, (See the chapter introduction for a discussion of Psalms 42:6.). drying up the river Jordan, and giving them the law on Mount Let us pass now from the most obvious to the more subtle causes of soul-dejection. "Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the daytime; and in the night his song shall be with me" (Psalms 42:8). Translate, '(from the land) of the Hermons' - i:e., from the region beyond Jordan. It seems to us more desirable to rejoice in the Lord than to mourn His absence. open, so clear and manifest, as to be beheld by myself and others. 2012. Man's natural instinct, when his soul is cast down within him, is to forget God, and not to remember Him, to let God and the higher world slip out of his relaxing hand. Why so disturbed within me? 3. See the notes at Psalm 29:6. Psalms 42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. Psalm 42:6: The Remembrance of God the Result of Mental Depression: Sketches of Four Hundred Sermons: Psalm 42:6: De Prefundis Clamavi: J. Baldwin Brown, B. The psalmist was far from Jerusalem and the central sanctuary. from the hill Mizar; Used by Permission. (1) The reason. as the Targum; see ( Psalms 133:3 The expression: "my soul is troubled in me," the Lord has appropriated to himself in Matthew 26:38, John 12:27, not without profound reason borrowing the words, which indicated his sorrow, from a Psalm rich in consolation, so that, whosoever should take these words from him, might with him also look into the back-ground. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/acc/psalms-42.html. Hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. Copyright StatementJames Burton Coffman Commentaries reproduced by permission of Abilene Christian University Press, Abilene, Texas, USA. 1865-1868. Besides, when this downcasting comes, it sets us to work at self-examination. The word Mizar, or Mitsar (Hebrew), means properly smallness; and thus, anything small or little. Here is a fountain of inspiration, the kindling of an unconquerable hope. What is the remedy for this dejection? These five books of The Psalms correspond to the five opening books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. I will remember Thee, for I am not my own, but Thine. From the hill Mizar - Margin, the little hill. What does this verse really mean? Psalm 137, which is also an exilic Psalm). But in these verses the Psalmist represents his consolation and his help as being in God, who quickens him through the manifestations of his grace, who gives him joyfulness for his praise—joyfulness to pour out his heart before him in child-like confidence, and unfold to him all his necessity and his pain. By the land of Jordan is to be understood that part of the country which, in respect of Judea, was beyond the river of that name. * b. 246. * I. Mine by natural right (Job 10:8; Psalms 119:73; Psalms 139:13; Zechariah 12:1; Hebrews 12:9). To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use our convenient, Therefore untill I remember thee from the land of Jordan -, "All thy waves and thy billows have gone over me", "Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the daytime; and in the night his song shall be with me", John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible. The plural indicates, that Hermon comes into consideration only as a representative of the species. Peter felt this same panic, when he tried to walk on the water to Jesus. There is also a plain distinction between the doubting of unbelief and the doubting which is through infirmity; as there is also between the sins of infidels and of weak believers. "E.W. Hill Mizar—Or the small mountain. 1765. Reader, depend upon it, the children of Jesus would have lost some of their sweetest views and enjoyments of Jesus, had they never known what difficulties and crosses the hill of Mizar produced to them. Do as the psalmist did; put your trust in God. I. 2. "Sermon Bible Commentary". Affections are the wind of the soul, passions the storm. The great Antitype, Messiah, in Matthew 26:38 ("My soul is exceeding sorrowful" - literally, surrounded with sorrow; and John 12:27, "Now is my soul troubled"), used the very words wherewith the Septuagint translate Psalms 42:4-5 [ perilupos (Greek #4036) ei (Greek #1487) hee (Greek #3588) psuchee (Greek #5590) mou (Greek #3450) (Psalms 42:5); and Psalms 42:6, hee (Greek #3588) psuchee (Greek #5590) mou (Greek #3450) etarachthee (Greek #5015). 2. It applies to some hill of Gilead, or more probably, some peak of Anti-Lebanon. he understands Sinai: and some Christian interpreters consider Hermon was a mountainous district, which extended to a considerable distance; and because it had several tops, was called in the plural number Hermonim. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/pmc/psalms-42.html. To be driven out into this land, and thereby cut off from all access to the sanctuary of the Lord, the Psalmist must have felt to be a heavy affliction. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. 3. What does this verse really mean? https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/dcc/psalms-42.html. ) ; a mountain upon the border of the land of Israel eastward, When a man has the toothache it is often very distressing, but it does not kill him. We have set our heart upon the attainment of some particular good. deprived of; and the Targum paraphrases them of the inhabitants The above interpreter thinks Zoar is meant, which Lot so called, Genesis 19:20; which was near Sodom and Gomorrah: Kimchi thinks it might be Zior, mentioned in Joshua 15:54; but, be it what or where it will, in this little hill David enjoyed the divine Presence; or was indulged with some remarkable favour; from all which he concludes he had no just reason to be dejected and disquieted in his mind: and right it is for the people of God to call to mind past experiences, and make mention of them; partly for the glory of divine grace, and to express their gratitude to God, and their sense of his goodness; and partly to cheer and refresh their own spirits, and prevent dejection and despondency: and delightful it is to call to mind, how, at such a time, and in such a place, the Lord was pleased to manifest his love, apply some gracious promise, or deliver from some sore temptation or distress: all which must tend to encourage faith and hope. Were it not for this thorn in the flesh, we should be exalted beyond measure. Commentary on Psalm 42:6-11 (Read Psalm 42:6-11) The way to forget our miseries, is to remember the God of our mercies. Compare Psalms 42:11 with Psalms 43:5. The sneer of enemies. Like the parched traveller in the wilderness, whose skin bottle is empty, and who finds the wells dry, he must drink or die-- he must have his God or faint. They think no one cares for them. From what has been said, it is at the same time clear, that though we should take Mizhar as nom. 4. 1. "Commentary on Psalms 42:6". It consists of several summits, and is therefore spoken of here in the plural number, Hermonim, the Hebrew plural of Hermon. Oppressive. 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