Psalms 42:4

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² My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

³ My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

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.

⁵ Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

⁶ O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill 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
Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
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Psalms 62:8
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
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1 Samuel 1:15–16
And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
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Psalms 122:1
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
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Nahum 1:15
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
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Psalms 55:14
We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
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Job 29:2–30:31
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
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Psalms 100:4
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
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