1 For the end, [a Psalm] for instruction, for the sons of Core. 2 As the hart earnestly desires the fountains of water, so my soul earnestly longs for thee, O God. 3 My soul has thirsted for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? 4 My tears have been bread to me day and night, while they daily said to me, Where is thy God? 5 I remembered these things, and poured out my soul in me, for I will go to the place of thy wondrous tabernacle, [even] to the house of God, with a voice of exultation and thanksgiving and of the sound of those who keep festival. 6 Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me? hope in God; for I will give thanks to him; [he is] the salvation of my countenance. 7 O my God, my soul has been troubled within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Ermonites, from the little hill. 8 Deep calls to deep at the voice of thy cataracts: all thy billows and thy waves have gone over me. 9 By day the Lord will command his mercy, and manifest [it] by night: with me [is] prayer to the God of my life. 10 I will say to God, Thou art my helper; why hast thou forgotten me? wherefore do I go sad of countenance, while the enemy oppresses [me]? 11 While my bones were breaking, they that afflicted me reproached me; while they said to me daily, Where is thy God? 12 Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me? hope in God; for I will give thanks to him; [he is] the health of my countenance, and my God.
Psalms · Brenton's English Septuagint
Psalm 41 (42) Brenton's English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (3)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
Cross references (12)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in Brenton.
- 1 Psalm 63:1–2; Psalm 143:6–7; Psalm 119:131; Isaiah 26:8–9; Psalm 84:1–2
- 2 Psalm 63:1–2; Psalm 143:6–7; Psalm 119:131; Isaiah 26:8–9; Psalm 84:1–2
- 3 Psalm 63:1; Psalm 84:10; John 7:37; Psalm 27:4; Revelation 22:1
- 4 Psalm 79:10; Psalm 115:2; Joel 2:17; Psalm 42:10; Psalm 80:5
- 5 Isaiah 30:29; Psalm 62:8; 1 Samuel 1:15–16; Psalm 122:1; Nahum 1:15
- 6 Psalm 37:7; Hebrews 10:36–37; Psalm 61:2; Matthew 1:23; Psalm 27:13–14
- 7 Psalm 61:2; Jonah 2:7; Deuteronomy 3:8–9; Psalm 43:4; 2 Samuel 17:22
- 8 Jonah 2:3; Psalm 69:14–15; Psalm 88:7; Lamentations 3:53–55; Ezekiel 7:26
- 9 Psalm 16:7; Psalm 149:5; Psalm 63:6; Job 35:10; Deuteronomy 28:8
- 10 Psalm 38:6; Psalm 18:2; Psalm 43:2; Psalm 62:2; Psalm 28:1
- 11 Psalm 42:3; Joel 2:17; Luke 2:35; Proverbs 12:18; Micah 7:10
- 12 Psalm 42:5; Jeremiah 33:6; Jeremiah 30:17; Psalm 43:5; Matthew 9:12
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 42.
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Whence the soul, whose wandering has been made far away, may understand, if now she thirsts for Thee, if now her tears have become bread to her, while it is daily said unto her "Where is thy God?" if she now seeketh of Thee one thing, and desireth that she may dwell in Thy house all the days of her …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… because Thy Spirit was "borne over the waters," Thy mercy forsook not our misery, and Thou saidst, "Let there be light," "Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Repent ye, let there be light. And because our soul was troubled within us, we remembered Thee, O Lord, from the land of Jordan, and that mountain equal unto …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
But as yet "by faith, not by sight," for "we are saved by hope; but hope that is seen is not hope." As yet deep calleth unto deep but in "the noise of Thy waterspouts." And as yet doth he that saith, I "could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal," even he, as yet, doth …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)