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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 42 To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. Of the word "Maschil", [See comments on Psalms 32:1], title. Korah was he who was at the head of a conspiracy against Moses and Aaron, for which sin the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed alive him and his company, and fire devoured two hundred and fifty more; the history of which is recorded in Numbers 16:1; yet...
John Gill
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God,.... Who is so called, in opposition to the idols of the Gentiles, which were lifeless statues; and who is the author, giver, and maintainer of natural life; and who has promised and provided eternal life in his Son; and is himself the fountain of life, and the fountain of living waters, and a place of broad rivers and streams: particularly his...
Matthew Henry
If the book of Psalms be, as some have styled it, a mirror or looking-glass of pious and devout affections, this psalm in particular deserves, as much as any one psalm, to be so entitled, and is as proper as any to kindle and excite such in us: gracious desires are here strong and fervent; gracious hopes and fears, joys and sorrows, are here struggling, but the pleasing passion comes off a...
Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul thirsteth for God, — It was a soul thirst, not a throat thirst; the thirst had got as far down as the soul, till the inner spirit was as dry as a man’s throat after a long journey through the desert. “My soul thirsteth for God,” Psa_42:2. For the living God: David had thirsted, you remember, for water from the well of Bethlehem that is within the gate, and he said, “Oh that one would give...
Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? Not God’s worship only; not God’s people, but God himself he pants for. Oh! for such a thirst. The next best thing to having God is to have an insatiable thirst after him. Do you think a soul ever could be cast away that longed for God? Impossible. There is never a soul in hell that had any sincere longings...
Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? Not sacraments, not sermons, but God. Not books, not even prayers, but God. Three times he puts it; “for God”--“for the living God”--“that I may come and appear before God.” We could not pant after an idol or an image; but we do thirst after a living God that he would come to our living souls. We feel as if we...
Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : — “My soul, my very soul, thirsteth for God, the living God.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
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? That is another of the taunts of the ungodly. Just now, they said, “When shall he die and his name perish?” Now they cry, “Where is thy God?” “You said that he would help you; you were sure that he would comfort you; you were confident that he would draw near to...