Psalm forty-Two- Longing for God

The palmist, perhaps a Levite, longs for the day when he can again come to the Temple of God.  He seems to be far away from Jerusalem, and in his memory relives the joyous pilgrimages he used to make in the past.

To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.

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.  (KJV)

Psalms Sixty - two| A Psalm of David - His Soul Wait upon the Lord

Psalms 89:1 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

Psalms 89:2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

Psalms 89:3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

Psalms 89:4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

Psalms 89:5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

Psalms 89:6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

Psalms 89:7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

Psalms 89:8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

Psalms 89:9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

Psalms 89:10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

Psalms 89:11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

Psalms 89:12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

Psalms 89:13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

Psalms 89:14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

Psalms 89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

Psalms 89:16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

Psalms 89:17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

Psalms 89:18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

Psalms 89:19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

Psalms 89:20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

Psalms 89:21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

Psalms 89:22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

Psalms 89:23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

Psalms 89:24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

Psalms 89:25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

Psalms 89:26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

Psalms 89:27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

Psalms 89:28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

Psalms 89:29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

Psalms 89:30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

Psalms 89:31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

Psalms 89:32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

Psalms 89:33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

Psalms 89:34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Psalms 89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

Psalms 89:36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.

Psalms 89:37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

Psalms 89:38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

Psalms 89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

Psalms 89:40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

Psalms 89:41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

Psalms 89:42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

Psalms 89:43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

Psalms 89:44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

Psalms 89:45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

Psalms 89:46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

Psalms 89:47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

Psalms 89:48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

Psalms 89:49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

Psalms 89:50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

Psalms 89:51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

Psalms 89:52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
 (KJV)

Psalms Forty-Five | Psalms for the Soul

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim,
(Shoshannim - a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape)

for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves

 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.  Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.  And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.  Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. Kings' daughters were among thy honorable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;  So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.

Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou may make princes in all the earth. I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
 (KJV)