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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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section: 66 of 159
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 66. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/66/"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 66. Psalm 42

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[¶0] PART SECOND.

[¶1] To the Chief Musician. A lesson of instruction to the Sons of Korah

[¶2] 1 As the hart crieth for the fountains of waters, So my soul crieth for thee, O God!

[¶3] 2 Thirsted hath my soul for God, for the living God: When shall I come to appear before the face of God?

[¶4] 3 To me have my tears been for bread, by day and night, While it is said to me daily, “Where is thy God?“

[¶5] 4 When these things I remember, I pour out within me my soul, Because I had gone with the procession, Leading them even to the house of God, With the voice of exultation and praise, — The multitude dancing for joy.

[¶6] 5 ‘Why art thou cast down, O my soul! And why art thou disquieted within me? Wait thou for God; for I shall yet give him thanks, [For] the salvations of his countenance.

[¶7] 6 O my God! my soul within me is cast down, When I remember thee from the land of Jordan and of Hermonim, From the mountain Mizar.

[¶8] 7 Deep unto deep calleth at the noise of thy waterspouts: All thy waves and all thy billows over me have gone.

[¶9] 8 By day command will Jehovah his loving-kindness, And by night his song shall be with me, And prayer to the God of my life.

[¶10] 9 I will say to God, my Rock, “Why hast thou forgotten me? “Why mourning do I go because of the oppression of my enemy?”

[¶11] 10 [It is as] a wound in my bones when my enemies reproach me, Saying to me daily, “Where is thy God?“

[¶12] 11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet give thanks to him, The salvations of my countenance, and my God.

### Psalm 43

[¶14] 1 Judge me, O God! and plead my cause: From a people without mercy, from a man deceitful and wicked deliver me.

[¶15] 2 For thou art the God of my strength; Why art thou estranged from me? Why mourning do I go because of the oppression of the enemy?

[¶16] 3 Send forth thy light and thy truth; Let them direct me, let them conduct me, To the mountain of thy holiness, and to thy tabernacles.

[¶17] 4 And I will go to the altar of God, To the God of the joy of my rejoicing; And I will celebrate thee upon the harp, O God, my God!

[¶18] 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul! And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet celebrate him, Who is the salvation of my countenance and my God.