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Psalms 42

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As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? 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. 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. 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. Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

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Psalms 42:8

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

Therefore follows: "The Lord will commend His loving-kindness in the day-time; and in the night-time will He declare it" [Psalm 42:8]. In tribulation no man has leisure to hear: attend, when it is well with you; hear, when it is well with you; learn, when you are in tranquillity, the discipline of wisdom, and store up the word of God as you do food. For in tribulation every one must be profited by what he heard in the time of security. …

Exposition on Psalm 42 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

"In the day." As has been said, he stated two things: the disturbance in himself, etc., and confidence, at "Therefore I will be mindful of you." And he set forth the cause of the disturbance; now he explains the cause why he is mindful of God. And first he sets forth the experience of divine mercy; second he adds a prayer, at "With me is prayer." And he does two things, according to the twofold state of divine mercy, because the mercy of God is gentle in prosperity and in adversity. …

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