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Psalm 42

Psa. 42:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Yet the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
will command
tsavah (Hebrew #6680)
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
KJV usage: appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
Pronounce: tsaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
his lovingkindness
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
in the daytime
yowmam (Hebrew #3119)
daily
KJV usage: daily, (by, in the) day(-time).
Pronounce: yo-mawm'
Origin: from 3117
, and in the night
layil (Hebrew #3915)
also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV usage: ((mid-))night (season).
Pronounce: lah'-yil
Origin: or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}
his song
shiyr (Hebrew #7892)
from 7891; a song; abstractly, singing
KJV usage: musical(-ick), X sing(-er, -ing), song.
Pronounce: sheer
Origin: or feminine shiyrah {shee-raw'}
shall be with me, and my prayer
tphillah (Hebrew #8605)
intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn
KJV usage: prayer.
Pronounce: tef-il-law'
Origin: from 6419
unto the God
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
of my life
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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command.
Psa. 44:4• 4Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob. (Psa. 44:4)
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Psa. 133:3• 3As the dew of Hermon that descendeth on the mountains of Zion; for there hath Jehovah commanded the blessing, life for evermore. (Psa. 133:3)
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Lev. 25:21• 21then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, that it may bring forth produce for three years; (Lev. 25:21)
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Deut. 28:8• 8Jehovah will command blessing on thee in thy granaries, and in all the business of thy hand; and he will bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. (Deut. 28:8)
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Matt. 8:8• 8And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not fit that thou shouldest enter under my roof; but only speak a word, and my servant shall be healed. (Matt. 8:8)
in the night.
Psa. 32:7• 7Thou art a hiding-place for me; thou preservest me from trouble; thou dost encompass me with songs of deliverance. Selah. (Psa. 32:7)
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Psa. 63:6• 6When I remember thee upon my bed, I meditate on thee in the night-watches: (Psa. 63:6)
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Psa. 149:5• 5Let the godly exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds. (Psa. 149:5)
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Job 35:10• 10But none saith, Where is +God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night, (Job 35:10)
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Isa. 30:29• 29Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a feast is sanctified; and joy of heart, as of one who goeth with a pipe to come unto the mountain of Jehovah, to the Rock of Israel. (Isa. 30:29)
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Acts 16:25• 25And at midnight Paul and Silas, in praying, were praising God with singing, and the prisoners listened to them. (Acts 16:25)
the God.
Psa. 27:1• 1A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? (Psa. 27:1)
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Col. 3:3• 3for ye have died, and your life is hid with the Christ in God. (Col. 3:3)
• But this seeing God's hand in purpose leads to the consciousness of covenant relationship; to us of Father, here of Jehovah; and he is reckoned upon according to that for the future. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 42-44” by J.N. Darby)
• So when God's hand is seen in his trials, (ver. 7,) he sees that Jehovah, God as known in relationship, will command His lovingkindness, and God is the God of his life and God his rock. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 42-44” by J.N. Darby)
• The godly man looks on to the coming day when Jehovah will command His loving-kindness. In the meantime his night will be relieved by praise and prayer (cf. Acts 16:25). (“Psalms 42” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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In the day-time will Jehovah command his loving-kindness, and in the night his song shall be with me, a prayer unto the *God of my life.