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<< PSALM XLII. >>
For the Chief Musician. Maschil of the sons of Korah.
1. As the hart panteth after the water brooks,
So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
2. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:
When shall I come and appear before God ?
3. My tears have been my food day and night,
While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God ?
4. 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.
5. Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
And why art thou disquieted within me ?
Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him
For the help of his countenance.
6. O my God, my soul is cast down within me:
Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the
Jordan,
And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
7. Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls:
All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
8. Yet Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the
day-time;
And in the night his song shall be with me,
Even a prayer unto the God of my life.
9. I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten
me?
Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the
enemy ?
10. As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach
me,
While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God ?
11. Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
And why art thou disquieted within me ?
Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him,
Who is the help of my countenance, and my God.
1. As the hart panteth after the water brooks,
So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
1-7. The state of grief and perturbation of the Lord from temptations, with trust from the Divine. P. P.
2. Hart is here affection for truth, panting for the water brooks is for desiring truths. A. 6413.
7. The land of Jordan stands for that which is low, and so for that which is distant from the celestial, as man's externals are from his internals. A. 1585.
Remembering from the land of Jordan means from what is last and thus from what is low. A. 4255.
8. Here also the deep manifestly stands for the extreme of temptation. A. 756.
The deeps stand for the hells -— Revelation xi. 7 and xvii. 8 —thus also for falsities from lusts, for these are in the hells and make them. Since these things are signified by deeps, by them are also signified temptations, for temptations are effected by falsities and evils injected from the hells. In this sense it is written in David, Psalm xlii. 7 and Psalm lxxi. 20. A. 8278.
In these passages also the temptations of the Lord by which He subjugated the hells, and glorified His humanity whilst in the world are described. By waves and billows are signified evils and falsities. By deeps, the depths of the earth and sea, and likewise by the pit and the deepest or lowest pit—Psalms lxix. 1, 2-14, 15; lxxi. 20; lxxxviii.
4-6 — are signified the hells where and whence those evils and falsities are. E. 538.
8-1 1. The growing grievousness of the temptations even to despair. P. P.
9, 10. See Psalm xxxv. 14. E. 372.
By " God my rock " is understood the Lord as to Divine truth, and in the present instance as to defence. E. 411.See Psalm xviii. 3, 32-47. Inv. 35.
12. The expression "the health of my countenance" signifies all things within, that is to say, all things of the mind and affections, consequently all things pertaining to love and faith, which on account of their saving nature are here called health, the health of the countenance. E. 412.
Confidence from the Divine that He will be raised up. P. P.1-7. The state of grief and perturbation of the Lord from temptations, with trust from the Divine. P. P.
2. Hart is here affection for truth, panting for the water brooks is for desiring truths. A. 6413.
2. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:
When shall I come and appear before God ?
3. My tears have been my food day and night,
While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God ?
4. 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
holy day.
5. Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
And why art thou disquieted within me ?
Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him
For the help of his countenance.
3. To thirst signifies to desire truths. R. 956.
3, 6. See Psalm xxvii. 8, 9. R. 939.
In these passages by the face of Jehovah, by His presence, His countenance, and appearing before Him are understood the interior things of the church, of the Word, and of worship, because Divine good and Divine truth, and thus the Lord himself are in them, and from them in the externals, but not in externals without them. E. 412.
5. In David they were called praises and thanksgivings that were made upon instruments. See also Psalm xxxiii. 1-4. A. 420.
See Psalm vii. 18. A. 3880.
See Psalm vii. 18. E. 326.
6. O my God, my soul is cast down within me:
Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the
Jordan,
And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
7. The land of Jordan stands for that which is low, and so for that which is distant from the celestial, as man's externals are from his internals. A. 1585.
Remembering from the land of Jordan means from what is last and thus from what is low. A. 4255.
8. Here also the deep manifestly stands for the extreme of temptation. A. 756.
The deeps stand for the hells -— Revelation xi. 7 and xvii. 8 —thus also for falsities from lusts, for these are in the hells and make them. Since these things are signified by deeps, by them are also signified temptations, for temptations are effected by falsities and evils injected from the hells. In this sense it is written in David, Psalm xlii. 7 and Psalm lxxi. 20. A. 8278.
In these passages also the temptations of the Lord by which He subjugated the hells, and glorified His humanity whilst in the world are described. By waves and billows are signified evils and falsities. By deeps, the depths of the earth and sea, and likewise by the pit and the deepest or lowest pit—Psalms lxix. 1, 2-14, 15; lxxi. 20; lxxxviii. 4-6 — are signified the hells where and whence those evils and falsities are. E. 538.
8-11. The growing grievousness of the temptations even to despair. P. P.
9. I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten
me?
Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the
enemy ?
10. As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach
me,
While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God ?
9, 10. See Psalm xxxv. 14. E. 372.
By " God my rock " is understood the Lord as to Divine truth, and in the present instance as to defence. E. 411.
See Psalm xviii. 3, 32-47. Inv. 35.
11. Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
And why art thou disquieted within me ?
Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him,
Who is the help of my countenance, and my God.
12. The expression "the health of my countenance" signifies all things within, that is to say, all things of the mind and affections, consequently all things pertaining to love and faith, which on account of their saving nature are here called health, the health of the countenance. E. 412.
Confidence from the Divine that He will be raised up. P. P.
Author: EMANUEL SWEDENBORG (1688-1772)
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