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Psalms 42:9

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— I will say to God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— I will say unto *God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— I will say onto GOD,—my rock, Wherefore hast thou forgotten me? Wherefore in gloom should I go, because of oppression by the enemy?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— I say to God my rock, 'Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning in the oppression of an enemy?
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— I will say to God: Thou art my support. Why hast thou forgotten me? and why go I mourning, whilst my enemy afflicteth me?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— I wil say vnto God, which is my rocke, Why hast thou forgotten mee? why goe I mourning, when the enemie oppresseth me?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— I will say vnto God, My rocke, why hast thou forgotten me? why goe I mourning, because of the oppression of the enemy?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— I will say to God, Why hast thou forsaken me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of my enemies?
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— I will say to God, Thou art my helper; why hast thou forgotten me? wherefore do I go sad of countenance, while the enemy oppresses [me]?
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— I will say unto El my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
I will say 559
{0559} Prime
אָמַר
'amar
{aw-mar'}
A primitive root; to say (used with great latitude).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
unto ´Ël אֵל 410
{0410} Prime
אֵל
'el
{ale}
Shortened from H0352; strength; as adjective mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity).
my rock, 5553
{5553} Prime
סֶלַע
cela`
{seh'-lah}
From an unused root meaning to be lofty; a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress).
Why x4100
(4100) Complement
מָּה
mah
{maw}
A primitive particle; properly interrogitive what? (including how?, why? and when?); but also exclamations like what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational senses.
hast thou forgotten 7911
{7911} Prime
שָׁכַח
shakach
{shaw-kakh'}
A primitive root; to mislay, that is, to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
me? why x4100
(4100) Complement
מָּה
mah
{maw}
A primitive particle; properly interrogitive what? (including how?, why? and when?); but also exclamations like what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational senses.
go y3212
[3212] Standard
יָלַך
yalak
{yaw-lak'}
A primitive root (compare H1980); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively to carry (in various senses).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
x1980
(1980) Complement
הָלַךְ
halak
{haw-lak'}
Akin to H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively).
I mourning 6937
{6937} Prime
קָדַר
qadar
{kaw-dar'}
A primitive root; to be ashy, that is, dark colored; by implication to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments).
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
because of the oppression 3906
{3906} Prime
לַחַץ
lachats
{lakh'-ats}
From H3905; distress.
of the enemy? 341
{0341} Prime
אֹיֵב
'oyeb
{o-yabe'}
Active participle of H0340; hating; an adversary.
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 42:9-10

_ _ in view of which [Psalms 42:8], he dictates to himself a prayer based on his distress, aggravated as it was by the cruel taunts and infidel suggestions of his foes.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 42:6-11.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
God:

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.
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.
Psalms 62:2 He only [is] my rock and my salvation; [he is] my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
Psalms 62:6-7 He only [is] my rock and my salvation: [he is] my defence; I shall not be moved. ... In God [is] my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, [and] my refuge, [is] in God.
Psalms 78:35 And they remembered that God [was] their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

Why hast:

Psalms 13:1 [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 22:1-2 [[To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.]] My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring? ... O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
Psalms 44:23-24 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever. ... Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Psalms 77:9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
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?
Isaiah 49:15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

why go:

Psalms 38:6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
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 88:9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Job 30:26-31 When I looked for good, then evil came [unto me]: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. ... My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.

because:

Psalms 55:3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
Ecclesiastes 4:1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of [such as were] oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors [there was] power; but they had no comforter.
Lamentations 5:1-16 Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. ... The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Jb 30:26. Ps 13:1; 18:2; 22:1; 28:1; 38:6; 43:2; 44:23; 55:3; 62:2, 6; 77:9; 78:35; 88:9. Ec 4:1. Is 40:27; 49:15. Lm 5:1.

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