Psalms 42 · Verse 7

Psalms 42:7

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

Psalms 42:7, King James Version

Psalms 42:7 in other translations

BSB	Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
WEB	Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
ASV	Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
YLT	Deep unto deep is calling At the noise of Thy water-spouts, All Thy breakers and Thy billows passed over me.
DARBY	Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy cataracts; all thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.
BBE	Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.
Webster	Deep calleth to deep at the noise of thy water-spouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

What does Psalms 42:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

7. The roar of successive billows, responding to that of floods of rain, represented the heavy waves of sorrow which overwhelmed him.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 7 Deep calleth unto deep - One wave of sorrow rolls on me, impelled by another. There is something dismal in the sound of the original; תהום אל תהום קורא tehom el tehom kore; something like "And hollow howlings hung in air." Thompson's Ellenore. Or like Horner's well known verse: - Βη δ' ακεων παρα θινα πολυφοισβοιο θαλασσης. "He went silently along the shore of the vastly-sounding sea." Il. i., ver. 34. The rolling up of the waves into a swell, and the break of the top of the swell, and its dash upon the shore, are surprisingly represented in the sound of the two last words. The psalmist seems to represent himself as cast away at sea; and by wave impelling wave, is carried to a rock, around which the surges dash in all directions, forming hollow sounds in the creeks and caverns. At last, several waves breaking over him, tear him away from that rock to which he clung, and where he had a little before found a resting-place, and, apparently, an escape from danger. "All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me;" he is then whelmed in the deep, and God alone can save him. Waterspouts - A large tube formed of clouds by means of the electric fluid, the base being uppermost, and the point of the tube let down perpendicularly from the clouds. This tube has a particular kind of circular motion at the point; and being hollow within, attracts vast quantities of water, which it pours down in torrents upon the earth. These spouts are frequent on the coast of Syria; and Dr. Shaw has often seen them at Mount Carmel. No doubt the psalmist had often seen them also, and the ravages made by them. I have seen vast gullies cut out of the sides of mountains by the fall of waterspouts, and have seen many of them in their fullest activity.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 42:6-11

The way to forget our miseries, is to remember the God of our mercies. David saw troubles coming from God's wrath, and that discouraged him. But if one trouble follow hard after another, if all seem to combine for our ruin, let us remember they are all appointed and overruled by the Lord. David regards the Divine favour as the fountain of all the good he looked for. In the Saviour's name let us hope and pray. One…

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Psalms 42:7 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.

תְּהֽוֹם\־te.hom-deepH8415

אֶל\־'el-toH413

תְּה֣וֹםte.HomdeepH8415

ק֭וֹרֵאKo.re'[is] callingH7121

לְק֣וֹלle.Kolto [the] soundH6963

צִנּוֹרֶ֑יךָtzi.no.Rei.khawaterfalls yourH6794

כָּֽל\־kal-allH3605

מִשְׁבָּרֶ֥יךָmish.ba.Rei.khabreakers yourH4867

וְ֝גַלֶּ֗יךָve.ga.Lei.khaand waves yourH1530

עָלַ֥י'a.Laiover meH5921

עָבָֽרוּ\׃'a.Va.ruthey have passedH5674

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Cross references for Psalms 42:7

Jonah 2:3
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
Psalms 69:14-15
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Psalms 88:7
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
Lamentations 3:53-55
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.
Ezekiel 7:26
Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
Jeremiah 4:20
Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
Job 1:14-19
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. …
Psalms 88:15-17
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
Job 10:17
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deep calleth.
Job 1:14-19; 10:17; Jer 4:20; Eze 7:26
water-spouts.A water-spout is a large tube formed of clouds by means of the electric fluid, the base being uppermost, and the point let down perpendicularly form the clouds. It has a particular kind of circular motion at the point; and, being hollow within, attracts vast quantities of water, which it frequently pours down in torrents upon the earth. These spouts are frequent on the coast of Syria; and no doubt the Psalmist had often seen them, and the ravages which they made.
all thy.
69:14,15; 88:7,15-17; La 3:53-55; Jon 2:3

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Context

Psalms 42:6
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.
Psalms 42:7
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Psalms 42:8
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.

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Psalms 42:7 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Un abismo llama á otro á la voz de tus canales: todas tus ondas y tus olas han pasado sobre mí.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Mon Dieu! mon âme est abattue au-dedans de moi; c’est pourquoi il me souvient de toi depuis le pays du Jourdain et des Hermons, de la montagne de Mitsear.
German Elberfelder 1871	Tiefe ruft der Tiefe beim Brausen deiner Wassergüsse; alle deine Wogen und deine Wellen sind über mich hingegangen.