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Psa. 42:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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O my God, my soulp is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from μthe hill Mizar.

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Psa. 77:3‑10• ³I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
⁴Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
⁵I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
⁶I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
⁷Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favorable no more?
⁸Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
⁹Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
¹⁰And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. (Psa. 77:3‑10)

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or, the little hill,

Psa. 133:3• ³As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. (Psa. 133:3)

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my God.

Psa. 22:1• ¹<<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? (Psa. 22:1)

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Psa. 43:4• ⁴Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. (Psa. 43:4)

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Psa. 88:1‑3• ¹<<A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.>> O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
²Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
³For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. (Psa. 88:1‑3)

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Matt. 26:39• ³⁹And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. (Matt. 26:39)

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Matt. 27:46• ⁴⁶And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Matt. 27:46)

therefore.

Psa. 77:6‑11• ⁶I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
⁷Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favorable no more?
⁸Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
⁹Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
¹⁰And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
¹¹I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old. (Psa. 77:6‑11)

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Jonah 2:7• ⁷When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. (Jonah 2:7)

from the.

Psa. 61:2• ²From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. (Psa. 61:2)

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2 Sam. 17:22,27• ²²Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
²⁷And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, (2 Sam. 17:22,27)

Hermonites.

Deut. 3:8‑9• ⁸And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
⁹(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;) (Deut. 3:8‑9)

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Deut. 4:47‑48• ⁴⁷And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
⁴⁸From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon, (Deut. 4:47‑48)

the hill Mizar.

or, the little hill.

Psa. 133:3• ³As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. (Psa. 133:3)

• Sorrow, when it is complete and helpless, gives intimacy with him who is willing and able to help, and this is now with God. He tells his sorrow to God. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 42-44” by J.N. Darby)

• Remark as to the detail that it is when the soul has been broken down and its force of pride has given way, that it then remembers God. (Ver. 6.) (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 42-44” by J.N. Darby)

• The soul is cast down, though it ceases not to remember God from the dreary mountain places beyond Jordan, to which it has been banished. (“Psalms 42” by H. Smith)

• From outside the land (vs. 6) they cry to God to sustain them in their trial (vs. 6-11). (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore do Id remember thee from the land of the Jordan, and the Hermons, from mount Mizare.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "because I."

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Or "from the little hill."