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.

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  • Psalms 62:8

    Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah

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  • 1 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.

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  • Psalms 122:1

    I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

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  • Nahum 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.

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  • Psalms 55:14

    We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.

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  • Job 29:2–30:31

    “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

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  • Psalms 100:4

    Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.

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