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<a href="/esv/psalms/42.htm">English Standard Version</a> These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival. <a href="/bsb/psalms/42.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise. <a href="/kjv/psalms/42.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/psalms/42.htm">New King James Version</a> When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go with the multitude; I went with them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast. <a href="/nasb_/psalms/42.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> I remember these things and pour out my soul within me. For I used to go over with the multitude and walk them to the house of God, With a voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude celebrating a festival. <a href="/nasb/psalms/42.htm">NASB 1995</a> These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God, With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival. <a href="/nasb77/psalms/42.htm">NASB 1977 </a> These things I remember, and I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God, With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival. <a href="/lsb/psalms/42.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God, With the sound of a shout of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival. <a href="/amp/psalms/42.htm">Amplified Bible</a> These things I [vividly] remember as I pour out my soul; How I used to go along before the great crowd of people and lead them in procession to the house of God [like a choirmaster before his singers, timing the steps to the music and the chant of the song], With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a great crowd keeping a festival. <a href="/csb/psalms/42.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I remember this as I pour out my heart: how I walked with many, leading the festive procession to the house of God, with joyful and thankful shouts. <a href="/hcsb/psalms/42.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I remember this as I pour out my heart: how I walked with many, leading the festive procession to the house of God, with joyful and thankful shouts. <a href="/asv/psalms/42.htm">American Standard Version</a> These 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. <a href="/cev/psalms/42.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Sorrow floods my heart, when I remember leading the worshipers to your house. I can still hear them shout their joyful praises. <a href="/erv/psalms/42.htm">English Revised Version</a> These 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. <a href="/gwt/psalms/42.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I will remember these things as I pour out my soul: how I used to walk with the crowd and lead it in a procession to God's house. [I sang] songs of joy and thanksgiving while crowds of people celebrated a festival. <a href="/gnt/psalms/42.htm">Good News Translation</a> My heart breaks when I remember the past, when I went with the crowds to the house of God and led them as they walked along, a happy crowd, singing and shouting praise to God. <a href="/isv/psalms/42.htm">International Standard Version</a> These things I will recall as I pour out my troubles within me: I used to go with the crowd in a procession to the house of God, accompanied with shouts of joy and thanksgiving. <a href="/msb/psalms/42.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise. <a href="/net/psalms/42.htm">NET Bible</a> I will remember and weep! For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God, shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival. <a href="/nheb/psalms/42.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go in the tent of the Majestic One, to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day. <a href="/wbt/psalms/42.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 holy-day. <a href="/web/psalms/42.htm">World English Bible</a> These 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/psalms/42.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> These I remember, and pour out my soul in me, "" For I pass over into the shelter, "" I go softly with them to the house of God, "" With the voice of singing and confession, "" The multitude keeping celebration! <a href="/ylt/psalms/42.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> These 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! <a href="/slt/psalms/42.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> These I shall remember, and I shall pour out my soul in me: for I shall pass through into the booth, I shall go softly with them even to the house of God, with the voice of joy and confession, of the multitude keeping a festival.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/psalms/42.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> These things I remembered, and poured out my soul in me : for I shall go over into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even to the house of God : With the voice of joy and praise; the noise of one feasting. <a href="/cpdv/psalms/42.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> <V 41:5>These things I have remembered; and my soul within me, I have poured out. For I will cross into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, all the way to the house of God, with a voice of exultation and confession, the sound of feasting. <a href="/nabre/psalms/42.htm">New American Bible</a> Those times I recall as I pour out my soul, When I would cross over to the shrine of the Mighty One, to the house of God, Amid loud cries of thanksgiving, with the multitude keeping festival. <a href="/nrsvce/psalms/42.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I went with the throng, and led them in procession to the house of God, with glad shouts and songs of thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/psalms/42.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> When I remember these things, my soul is agitated; therefore I will enter thy mighty citadel, even to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the many people who rejoice. <a href="/hpbt/psalms/42.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> I remembered these things and my soul was troubled, therefore I shall enter into your strong shelter, unto the house of God; many rejoice with the voice of praise and thanksgiving!<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/psalms/42.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I passed on with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday. <a href="/sep/psalms/42.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> I remembered these things, and poured out my soul in me, for I will go to the place of thy wondrous tabernacle, even to the house of God, with a voice of exultation and thanksgiving and of the sound of those who keep festival. <a href="/parallel/psalms/42-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=4978" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/psalms/42.htm">Blessed is He who Cares for the Poor</a> …3My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?” 4<a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">These things</a> <a href="/hebrew/2142.htm" title="2142: ’ez·kə·rāh (V-Qal-Imperf.Cohort-1cs) -- Remember. A primitive root; properly, to mark, i.e. To remember; by implication, to mention; also to be male.">come to mind</a> <a href="/hebrew/8210.htm" title="8210: wə·’eš·pə·ḵāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cs) -- To pour out, pour. A primitive root; to spill forth; also to expend; intensively, to sprawl out.">as I pour out</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">my soul:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">how</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ’e·‘ĕ·ḇōr (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">I walked</a> <a href="/hebrew/5519.htm" title="5519: bas·sāḵ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A throng. From cakak; properly, a thicket of men, i.e. A crowd.">with the multitude,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1718.htm" title="1718: ’ed·dad·dêm (V-Hitpael-Imperf-1cs:: 3mp) -- Perhaps to move slowly. A doubtful root; to walk gently.">leading</a> <a href="/hebrew/2287.htm" title="2287: ḥō·w·ḡêḡ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to move in a circle, i.e. to march in a sacred procession, to observe a festival; by implication, to be giddy.">the procession</a> <a href="/hebrew/1995.htm" title="1995: hā·mō·wn (N-ms) -- A sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance. Or hamon; from hamah; a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: bə·qō·wl- (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">with shouts</a> <a href="/hebrew/7440.htm" title="7440: rin·nāh (N-fs) -- A ringing cry. From ranan; properly, a creaking, i.e. Shout.">of joy</a> <a href="/hebrew/8426.htm" title="8426: wə·ṯō·w·ḏāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- From yadah; properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. avowal, or adoration; specifically, a choir of worshippers.">and praise.</a> 5Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/122-1.htm">Psalm 122:1</a> A song of ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.” <a href="/psalms/84-1.htm">Psalm 84:1-2</a> For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts! / My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. <a href="/psalms/27-4.htm">Psalm 27:4</a> One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple. <a href="/psalms/63-2.htm">Psalm 63:2</a> So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory. <a href="/psalms/55-14.htm">Psalm 55:14</a> We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God. <a href="/psalms/43-3.htm">Psalm 43:3-4</a> Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain and to the place where You dwell. / Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God. <a href="/isaiah/30-29.htm">Isaiah 30:29</a> You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel. <a href="/psalms/100-4.htm">Psalm 100:4</a> Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name. <a href="/psalms/26-8.htm">Psalm 26:8</a> O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides. <a href="/psalms/95-1.htm">Psalm 95:1-2</a> Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation! / Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song. <a href="/psalms/149-1.htm">Psalm 149:1</a> Hallelujah! Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise in the assembly of the godly. <a href="/psalms/35-18.htm">Psalm 35:18</a> Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people. <a href="/psalms/68-24.htm">Psalm 68:24-26</a> They have seen Your procession, O God—the march of my God and King into the sanctuary. / The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines. / Bless God in the great congregation; bless the LORD from the fountain of Israel. <a href="/nehemiah/8-10.htm">Nehemiah 8:10</a> Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” <a href="/isaiah/2-3.htm">Isaiah 2:3</a> And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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 holy day.When<a href="/ruth/1-21.htm">Ruth 1:21</a> I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?<a href="/job/29-2.htm">Job 29:2</a> Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;<a href="/job/30-1.htm">Job 30:1</a> But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.I pour<a href="/psalms/62-8.htm">Psalm 62:8</a> Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.<a href="/1_samuel/1-15.htm">1 Samuel 1:15,16</a> 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… <a href="/job/30-16.htm">Job 30:16</a> And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.for I<a href="/1_chronicles/15-15.htm">1 Chronicles 15:15-28</a> And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD… <a href="/1_chronicles/16-1.htm">1 Chronicles 16:1-43</a> 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… with the voice<a href="/psalms/81-1.htm">Psalm 81:1-3</a> To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob… <a href="/psalms/122-1.htm">Psalm 122:1</a> A Song of degrees of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.<a href="/deuteronomy/16-11.htm">Deuteronomy 16:11,14,15</a> 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… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/27-18.htm">Booth</a> <a href="/psalms/26-5.htm">Company</a> <a href="/job/31-34.htm">Crowd</a> <a href="/psalms/36-8.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-12.htm">Festival</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-8.htm">Festive</a> <a href="/psalms/40-16.htm">Glad</a> <a href="/psalms/41-3.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/psalms/34-9.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Holyday</a> <a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Holy-Day</a> <a href="/psalms/36-8.htm">House</a> <a href="/psalms/40-16.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/psalms/34-20.htm">Keeping</a> <a href="/psalms/40-10.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/psalms/26-1.htm">Led</a> <a href="/psalms/40-17.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/psalms/33-16.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/psalms/32-6.htm">Overflowing</a> <a href="/psalms/38-4.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/psalms/19-2.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/psalms/41-8.htm">Poured</a> <a href="/psalms/41-13.htm">Praise</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-36.htm">Procession</a> <a href="/psalms/38-1.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/psalms/33-3.htm">Shouts</a> <a href="/job/41-3.htm">Softly</a> <a href="/psalms/40-3.htm">Song</a> <a href="/psalms/32-7.htm">Songs</a> <a href="/psalms/42-2.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/psalms/26-7.htm">Thanksgiving</a> <a href="/psalms/35-18.htm">Throng</a> <a href="/job/36-14.htm">Used</a> <a href="/psalms/38-13.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/psalms/40-12.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/1-8.htm">Booth</a> <a href="/psalms/50-18.htm">Company</a> <a href="/psalms/64-2.htm">Crowd</a> <a href="/psalms/81-3.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/psalms/81-3.htm">Festival</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-8.htm">Festive</a> <a href="/psalms/43-4.htm">Glad</a> <a href="/psalms/55-12.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/psalms/43-3.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Holyday</a> <a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Holy-Day</a> <a href="/psalms/45-10.htm">House</a> <a href="/psalms/43-4.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/psalms/66-14.htm">Keeping</a> <a href="/psalms/44-3.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/psalms/45-14.htm">Led</a> <a href="/psalms/42-6.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/psalms/49-6.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/psalms/75-8.htm">Overflowing</a> <a href="/psalms/42-7.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/psalms/62-8.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/psalms/45-2.htm">Poured</a> <a href="/psalms/42-5.htm">Praise</a> <a href="/psalms/68-24.htm">Procession</a> <a href="/psalms/42-6.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/psalms/47-5.htm">Shouts</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-4.htm">Softly</a> <a href="/psalms/42-8.htm">Song</a> <a href="/psalms/47-1.htm">Songs</a> <a href="/psalms/42-5.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/psalms/50-14.htm">Thanksgiving</a> <a href="/psalms/55-14.htm">Throng</a> <a href="/psalms/55-14.htm">Used</a> <a href="/psalms/42-7.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/psalms/42-5.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 42</div>1. <a href="/psalms/42-1.htm">David's zeal to serve God in the temple</a> 5. <a href="/psalms/42-5.htm">He encourages his soul to trust in God</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase suggests a practice of meditation and remembrance, common in Hebrew poetry, where recalling past experiences serves as a source of comfort and strength. The act of pouring out one's soul is akin to a heartfelt prayer or lament, a practice seen throughout the Psalms, where the psalmist often turns to God in times of distress (e.g., <a href="/psalms/62-8.htm">Psalm 62:8</a>).how I walked with the multitude: This recalls communal worship, a central aspect of Israelite religious life. The psalmist remembers participating in large gatherings, possibly during one of the three major pilgrimage festivals: Passover, Pentecost, or Tabernacles, when Israelites traveled to Jerusalem. Walking with the multitude emphasizes unity and shared faith, reflecting the collective identity of the people of God.leading the festive procession to the house of God: The "house of God" refers to the temple in Jerusalem, the focal point of Jewish worship and sacrifice. Leading a procession suggests a role of leadership or prominence, possibly as a Levite or a leader of worship. Festive processions were marked by joy and celebration, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/2_samuel/6-5.htm">2 Samuel 6:5</a>, where David leads the ark to Jerusalem with music and dancing.with shouts of joy and praise: This phrase captures the exuberant worship style of ancient Israel, characterized by vocal expressions of joy and gratitude. Shouts of joy and praise were integral to worship, as seen in <a href="/psalms/100.htm">Psalm 100:1-2</a>, which calls for joyful noise unto the Lord. This reflects a culture where worship was not only a solemn duty but also a vibrant, communal celebration of God's goodness and faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_psalmist.htm">The Psalmist</a> The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/42.htm">Psalm 42</a>, traditionally attributed to the sons of Korah, who expresses deep longing and spiritual thirst for God. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_multitude.htm">The Multitude</a> Represents the community of believers who would gather together for worship and pilgrimage to the temple. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_god.htm">The House of God</a> Refers to the temple in Jerusalem, the central place of worship for the Israelites. 4. <a href="/topical/p/procession.htm">Procession</a> A ceremonial gathering or march, often associated with religious festivals and worship. 5. <a href="/topical/s/shouts_of_joy_and_praise.htm">Shouts of Joy and Praise</a> Expressions of worship and celebration, indicating a vibrant and communal worship experience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community_worship.htm">The Importance of Community Worship</a> Worship is not just a personal experience but a communal one. The psalmist recalls the joy of worshiping with others, reminding us of the strength and encouragement found in corporate worship. <a href="/topical/l/longing_for_god's_presence.htm">Longing for God's Presence</a> The psalmist's deep longing for God serves as a reminder of our need to earnestly seek His presence, especially in times of spiritual dryness or distress. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_memory_in_faith.htm">The Role of Memory in Faith</a> Recalling past experiences of God's faithfulness and communal worship can strengthen our faith and provide hope during difficult times. <a href="/topical/e/expressing_emotions_in_worship.htm">Expressing Emotions in Worship</a> The psalmist freely pours out his soul, demonstrating that God welcomes our honest emotions and desires us to come to Him with our whole heart. <a href="/topical/t/the_joy_of_worship.htm">The Joy of Worship</a> Worship is characterized by joy and praise, reflecting the transformative power of focusing on God's goodness and faithfulness.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/42.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) When I.--The conjunction "when" is not expressed, but may be implied from the next clause. Others render, "let me recall these days (i.e., what follows), let me pour out my soul within me" (literally, upon me. Comp. <a href="/psalms/142-3.htm" title="When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then you knew my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privately laid a snare for me.">Psalm 142:3</a>). But the Authorised Version is better, "when I think of it, my heart must overflow." The expression, "I pour out my soul upon me," may, however, mean, "I weep floods of tears over myself," i.e., "over my lot."For I had gone with the multitude.--The LXX. and Vulg., as well as the strangeness of the words rendered "multitude" and "went with them," indicate a corruption of the text. Fortunately the general sense and reference of the verse are independent of the doubtful expressions. The poet indulges in a grateful recollection of some great festival, probably the Feast of Tabernacles. (See LXX.)That kept holyday.--Literally, dancing or reeling. But the word is used absolutely (<a href="/exodus/5-1.htm" title="And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.">Exodus 5:1</a>; <a href="/leviticus/23-41.htm" title="And you shall keep it a feast to the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: you shall celebrate it in the seventh month.">Leviticus 23:41</a>) for keeping a festival, and especially the Feast of Tabernacles. Dancing appears to have been a recognised part of the ceremonial. (Comp. <a href="/2_samuel/6-16.htm" title="And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.">2Samuel 6:16</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/42.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 4. - When I remember these things; rather, these things I remember - the things remembered being those touched on in the rest of the verse - his former free access to the house of God, and habit of frequenting it, especially on festival occasions, when the multitude "kept holy day." "Deep sorrow," as Hengstenberg remarks, "tries to lose itself in the recollection of the happier past." I pour out my soul in me. "The heart pours itself out, or melts in any one, who is in a manner dissolved by grief and pain." David does not alleviate his sorrow, but aggravates it, by thinking of the happy past. "Nessun muggier dolore che ricordarsi di tempo felice nella miseria" (Dante). For I had gone (rather, how I went) 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 (comp. <a href="/2_samuel/6-12.htm">2 Samuel 6:12-19</a>). <a href="/commentaries/psalms/42-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>These things אֵ֤לֶּה (’êl·leh) Pronoun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> These, those come to mind אֶזְכְּרָ֨ה ׀ (’ez·kə·rāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2142.htm">Strong's 2142: </a> To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male as I pour out וְאֶשְׁפְּכָ֬ה (wə·’eš·pə·ḵāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8210.htm">Strong's 8210: </a> To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out my soul: נַפְשִׁ֗י (nap̄·šî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion how כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I walked אֶֽעֱבֹ֨ר ׀ (’e·‘ĕ·ḇōr) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> To pass over, through, or by, pass on with the multitude, בַּסָּךְ֮ (bas·sāḵ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5519.htm">Strong's 5519: </a> A thicket of men, a crowd leading אֶדַּדֵּ֗ם (’ed·dad·dêm) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1718.htm">Strong's 1718: </a> Perhaps to move slowly the procession חוֹגֵֽג׃ (ḥō·w·ḡêḡ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2287.htm">Strong's 2287: </a> To make a pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim feast to עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while the house בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of God, אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative with shouts בְּקוֹל־ (bə·qō·wl-) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> A voice, sound of joy רִנָּ֥ה (rin·nāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7440.htm">Strong's 7440: </a> A creaking, shout and praise. וְתוֹדָ֗ה (wə·ṯō·w·ḏāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8426.htm">Strong's 8426: </a> An extension of the hand, avowal, adoration, a choir of worshippers <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/42-4.htm">Psalm 42:4 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/psalms/42-4.htm">Psalm 42:4 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/psalms/42-4.htm">Psalm 42:4 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/psalms/42-4.htm">Psalm 42:4 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/psalms/42-4.htm">Psalm 42:4 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/42-4.htm">Psalm 42:4 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/42-4.htm">Psalm 42:4 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/42-4.htm">Psalm 42:4 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/42-4.htm">Psalm 42:4 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/psalms/42-4.htm">Psalm 42:4 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/psalms/42-4.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 42:4 These things I remember and pour out (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/42-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 42:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 42:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/42-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 42:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 42:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>