Psalms 42:4
2 My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
3 My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
5 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
6 O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
- KJV
- When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
- WEB
- These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to God’s house, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.
- ASV
- These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.
- DARBY
- These things I remember and have poured out my soul within me: how I passed along with the multitude, how I went on with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a festive multitude.
- BLB
- These [things] I remember, and I pour out my soul within myself: How I crossed over with the throng; I moved with them up to the house of God, with the voice of shouting and praise, with a multitude keeping the feast.
- ÅB
- Dette må jeg komme i hu og utøse min sjel i meg, hvordan jeg dro fram i den tette hop, vandret med den til Guds hus med fryderop og lovsangs røst, en høytidsskare.
- OTB
- Jeg minnes dette og utøser min sjel i meg.
For jeg pleide å gå med folkemengden og lede dem til Guds hus,
Med jubelrop og takksigelse, en skare som feirer høytid. - B1930
- Dette må jeg komme i hu og utøse min sjel i mig, hvorledes jeg drog frem i den tette hop, vandret med den til Guds hus med fryderop og lovsangs røst, en høitidsskare.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 30:29
You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
Read in contextPsalms 62:8
Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
Read in context1 Samuel 1:15–16
“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 122:1
I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
Read in contextNahum 1:15
Look to the mountains— the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.
Read in contextPsalms 55:14
We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
Read in contextJob 29:2–30:31
“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
Read in contextPsalms 100:4
Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
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