Psalms 42:9 · KJV
“I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
— Psalms 42:9
{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.
{As} with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where {is} thy God? {sword: or, killing}
Psalms 42 — Context
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
8{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.
9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10{As} with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where {is} thy God? {sword: or, killing}
11Why 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.
Cross References
Psalms 38:6
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. {troubled: Heb. wried}
Psalms 43:2
For thou {art} the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalms 18:2
The LORD {is} my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, {and} my high tower. {my strength: Heb. my rock}
Psalms 28:1
[{A Psalm} of David.] Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, {if} thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. {to me: Heb. from me}
Lamentations 5:1-16
Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
Psalms 62:2
He only {is} my rock and my salvation; {he is} my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. {defence: Heb. high place}
Psalms 44:23-24
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast {us} not off for ever.
Isaiah 40:27
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?