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Psa. 42:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<To the chief Musician, γMaschil, for the sons of Korah.>> As the hart ζpanteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

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or, A Psalm giving instruction to the sons, &c.

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brayeth.

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God,

Hart,

Korah,

Maschil,

Music; Musicians; Musical Instruments,

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1-4: David's zeal to serve God in the temple.

5-11: He encourages his soul to trust in God.

A.M. 2983.

B.C. 1021.

(Title.){Maschil,} or a Psalm giving instruction, of the sons, etc. Or, "An instructive Psalm," or didactic ode, "for the sons of Korah."

It is generally supposed to have been written by David when driven from Jerusalem and beyond Jordan, by Absalom's rebellion.the sons.

Psa. 44:1• ¹To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction. O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old: (Psa. 44:1)

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Psa. 45:1• ¹To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction;--a song of the Beloved. My heart is welling forth with a good matter: I say what I have composed touching the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. (Psa. 45:1)

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Psa. 46:1• ¹To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. On Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found. (Psa. 46:1)

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Psa. 47:1• ¹To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. All ye peoples, clap your hands; shout unto God with the voice of triumph! (Psa. 47:1)

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Psa. 48:1• ¹A Song; a Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the hill of his holiness. (Psa. 48:1)

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Psa. 49:1• ¹To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world: (Psa. 49:1)

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Psa. 84:1• ¹To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts! (Psa. 84:1)

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Psa. 85:1• ¹To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. Thou hast been favourable, Jehovah, unto thy land; thou hast turned the captivity of Jacob: (Psa. 85:1)

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Psa. 85• (Psa. 85)

:*titles;

Num. 16:1,32• ¹And Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, made bold, and with him Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, the sons of Reuben;
³²And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that belonged to Korah, and all their property. (Num. 16:1,32)

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Num. 26:11• ¹¹But the children of Korah died not. (Num. 26:11)

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1 Chron. 6:33‑37• ³³And these are they that attended, and their sons: Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
³⁴the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
³⁵the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
³⁶the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
³⁷the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, (1 Chron. 6:33‑37)

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1 Chron. 25:1‑5• ¹And David and the captains of the host separated for the service those of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun who were to prophesy with harps and lutes and cymbals; and the number of the men employed according to their service was:
²of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied at the direction of the king.
³Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Isaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, and Shimei six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, to give thanks and to praise Jehovah.
⁴Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkijah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth:
⁵all these were sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to exalt his power; and God had given to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. (1 Chron. 25:1‑5)

panteth.

Heb. brayeth.

so panteth.

Psa. 63:1‑2• ¹A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my *God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water:
²To see thy power and thy glory, as I have beheld thee in the sanctuary; (Psa. 63:1‑2)

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Psa. 84:2• ²My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living *God. (Psa. 84:2)

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Psa. 143:6‑7• ⁶I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul, as a parched land, thirsteth after thee. Selah.
⁷Answer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, or I shall be like unto them that go down into the pit. (Psa. 143:6‑7)

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Isa. 26:8‑9• ⁸Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to thy memorial.
⁹With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. (Isa. 26:8‑9)

• Book 2, Series 1. The Great Tribulation (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)

• Whatever the distresses and sorrows of the first forty-one psalms, the heart of the psalmist always looked freely to Jehovah in them, was in fuller relationship with Him and the enjoyment of public services, in which His name was celebrated. Here he is cast out. he remembers these things. He is an outcast and can only, in the secret of his soul and in wilderness circumstances, look to the nature and essence of what God is….it is the position God sets His people in when covenant relationship is broken—as it will be, and is—with Israel....It is a searching process that we may be cast in naked dependence on grace. It is practically as to principle Rom. 7. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 42-44” by J.N. Darby)

• When a soul has believed in forgiveness, owning, no doubt, its sinfulness, but not really searched out, or the entirely sinful nature of the flesh discovered, the first joy may be lost, and the soul only know enough of God to feel the dreadfulness of not having the light of His countenance; but this gives the earnest desire to enjoy it. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 42-44” by J.N. Darby)

• He had lost the joy of the multitude, but he now panted after God Himself. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 42-44” by J.N. Darby)

• The great theme of the psalm is the faith of the soul in God Himself. Cast out of the land, and cut off from the blessings of the sanctuary, the soul clings to God as its only resource, when all else is gone. (“Psalms 42” by H. Smith)

• As the water brooks revive the panting hart, so the soul looks to God as the life-giving One, to revive his soul. (“Psalms 42” by H. Smith)

• In this book (Ps. 42-72) the circumstances the godly remnant find themselves in are far more trying than that of the first book. Antichrist will have risen in the land and be received by the apostate mass of Jews as their (false) Messiah (Jn. 5:43, Dan. 11:36-39). More than this, Antichrist will have set up an idolatrous image, the abomination of desolation (Mt. 24:15, Rev. 13:14-15), in the temple and will be forcing all in the land to worship it. When the godly remnant, for conscience sake, refuse to worship the image, the bitter hatred of the Beast and Antichrist will be drawn out after them. (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)

• The key to the second book is Isa. 66:5. (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)

• The godly Jewish remnant cast out by their apostate brethren (Isa. 66:5) are described as a beleaguered deer far from its native waterbrooks panting for water. (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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To the chief Musician. An instruction; ofa the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "for"; and so Ps. 44, etc.