[a]Mine tears have been my meat day and night, while they daily say unto me, Where is thy God?

When I remembered [b]these things, I poured out my very heart, because I had gone with the multitude, and led them into the house of God with the voice of singing, and praise, as a multitude that keepeth a feast.

Why art thou cast down, my soul, and unquiet within me? [c]wait on God: for I will yet give him thanks for the help of his presence.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:3 As others take pleasure in eating and drinking, so he was altogether given to weeping.
  2. Psalm 42:4 That is, how I led the people to serve thee in thy Tabernacle, and now seeing my contrary estate, I die for sorrow.
  3. Psalm 42:5 Though he sustained grievous assaults of the flesh to cast him into despair, yet his faith grounded on God’s accustomed mercies getteth the victory.

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