Psalms 42 · Verse 4

Psalms 42:4

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.
Psalms 42:4, King James Version

Psalms 42:4 in other translations

BSBThese things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
WEBThese things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to God’s house, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.
ASVThese things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.
YLTThese I remember, and pour out my soul in me, For I pass over into the booth, I go softly with them unto the house of God, With the voice of singing and confession, The multitude keeping feast!
DARBYThese things I remember and have poured out my soul within me: how I passed along with the multitude, how I went on with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a festive multitude.
BBELet my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.
WebsterWhen 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 holy-day.

What does Psalms 42:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. The verbs are properly rendered as futures, "I will remember," &c.,--that is, the recollection of this season of distress will give greater zest to the privileges of God's worship, when obtained.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 When I remember these things - Or, these things I shall remember. They often occur to me, and sharpen my distressful feelings. My soul is dissolved, becomes weak as water, when I reflect on what I have had, and on what I have lost. Or, I pour out my soul to myself in deep regrets and complaints, when reflecting on these things. I once enjoyed all the ordinances of God, and now I have none. I once had the joyous communion of saints in God's ordinances; but that communion no longer exists, for there are no ordinances to support it. There was a multitude to worship God in public; with these I often went: but alas, this is no more; now there are found only a few solitary individuals who sigh for the desolations of Zion. There we had our holy days, our appointed feasts, to commemorate the wonderful works of the Lord; now there are no processions, no festivals, no joyous assemblies; all is desolation in Zion, and all is mourning in our captivity. I have endeavored to give a general sense to this verse, but there are several difficulties in it; and different commentators and critics have given it a great variety of translations, and as many different meanings. My plan will not permit me to follow them. Much may be seen in Dr. Horsley's work on this verse.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 42:1-5

The conflict in the soul of a believer. Verses 1-5 The psalmist looked to the Lord as his chief good, and set his heart upon him accordingly; casting anchor thus at first, he rides out the storm. A gracious soul can take little satisfaction in God's courts, if it do not meet with God himself there. Living souls never can take up their rest any where short of a living God. To appear before the Lord is the desire of…

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Psalms 42:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֵ֤לֶּה'E.lehthese [things]H428
אֶזְכְּרָ֨ה\׀'ez.ke.RahI will rememberH2142
וְאֶשְׁפְּכָ֬הve.'esh.pe.Khahand I will pour outH8210
עָלַ֨י\׀'a.Laion myselfH5921
נַפְשִׁ֗יnaf.Shisoul myH5315
כִּ֤יkithatH3588
אֶֽעֱבֹ֨ר\׀'e.'e.VorI passed onH5674
בַּסָּךְ֮ba.soKhwith the crowdH5519
אֶדַּדֵּ֗ם'ed.da.DemI led themH1718
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
בְּקוֹל\־be.kol-with [the] sound ofH6963
רִנָּ֥הri.Naha shout of joyH7440
וְתוֹדָ֗הve.to.Dahand thanksgivingH8426
הָמ֥וֹןha.Mona multitudeH1995
חוֹגֵֽג\׃cho.Gegcelebrating a festivalH2287

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Cross references for Psalms 42:4

  • Isaiah 30:29

    Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.

  • Psalms 62:8

    Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

  • 1 Samuel 1:15-16

    And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord. Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.

  • Psalms 122:1

    A Song of degrees of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

  • Nahum 1:15

    Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

  • Psalms 55:14

    We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.

  • Job 29:2-30:31

    Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; …

  • Psalms 100:4

    Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:1-43

    So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God. And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord. And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, and to record, and to thank and praise the Lord God of Israel: …

  • 2 Chronicles 7:10

    And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the Lord had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

  • Luke 16:25

    But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

  • Deuteronomy 16:11

    And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
When.
Ru 1:21; Job 29:2-25; 30:1-31; La 4:1; Lu 16:25
I pour.
62:8; 1Sa 1:15,16; Job 30:16
for I.
1Ch 15:15-28; 16:1-43
with the voice.
81:1-3; 122:1; De 16:11,14,15; 2Ch 7:10; 30:23-26; Isa 30:29
Na 1:15

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Context

  • Psalms 42:3

    My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

  • Psalms 42:4

    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.

  • Psalms 42:5

    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.

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Psalms 42:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Acordaréme de estas cosas, y derramaré sobre mí mi alma: cuando pasaré en el número, iré con ellos hasta la casa de Dios, con voz de alegría y de alabanza, haciendo fiesta la multitud.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mes larmes ont été mon pain, jour et nuit, quand on me disait tout le jour: Où est ton Dieu?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Daran will ich gedenken und in mir ausschütten meine Seele, wie ich einherzog in der Schar, mit ihnen wallte zum Hause Gottes, mit der Stimme des Jubels und des Lobes, -eine feiernde Menge.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et introibo ad altare Dei, ad Deum qui lætificat juventutem meam. Confitebor tibi in cithara, Deus, Deus meus.