Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go to the house of God under the protection of the Mighty One with shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng. New Living Translation My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid the sound of a great celebration! English Standard Version 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. Berean Standard Bible These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise. King James Bible 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. New King James Version 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. New American Standard Bible 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. NASB 1995 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. NASB 1977 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. Legacy Standard Bible 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. Amplified Bible 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. Christian Standard Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible 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. American Standard Version 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. Contemporary English Version Sorrow floods my heart, when I remember leading the worshipers to your house. I can still hear them shout their joyful praises. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation 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. Good News Translation 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. International Standard Version 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. Majority Standard Bible These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise. NET Bible 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. New Heart English Bible 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThese 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! Young's Literal Translation 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! Smith's Literal Translation 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. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThese 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. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible 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. New Revised Standard Version 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. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWhen 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. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated 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! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917These 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Blessed is He who Cares for the Poor…3My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?” 4These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise. 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.… Cross References Psalm 122:1 A song of ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.” Psalm 84:1-2 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. Psalm 27:4 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. Psalm 63:2 So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory. Psalm 55:14 We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God. Psalm 43:3-4 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. Isaiah 30:29 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. Psalm 100:4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name. Psalm 26:8 O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides. Psalm 95:1-2 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. Psalm 149:1 Hallelujah! Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise in the assembly of the godly. Psalm 35:18 Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people. Psalm 68:24-26 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. Nehemiah 8:10 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.” Isaiah 2:3 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. Treasury of Scripture 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 Ruth 1:21 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? Job 29:2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; Job 30:1 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 Psalm 62:8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. 1 Samuel 1:15,16 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… Job 30:16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. for I 1 Chronicles 15:15-28 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… 1 Chronicles 16:1-43 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 Psalm 81:1-3 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… Psalm 122:1 A Song of degrees of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. Deuteronomy 16:11,14,15 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… Jump to Previous Booth Company Crowd Feast Festival Festive Glad Grief Holy Holyday Holy-Day House Joy Keeping Kept Led Mind Multitude Overflowing Passed Pour Poured Praise Procession Remember Shouts Softly Song Songs Soul Thanksgiving Throng Used Voice WithinJump to Next Booth Company Crowd Feast Festival Festive Glad Grief Holy Holyday Holy-Day House Joy Keeping Kept Led Mind Multitude Overflowing Passed Pour Poured Praise Procession Remember Shouts Softly Song Songs Soul Thanksgiving Throng Used Voice WithinPsalm 42 1. David's zeal to serve God in the temple5. He encourages his soul to trust in God These things I remember The phrase "These things I remember" indicates a deliberate act of recalling past experiences. In the Hebrew context, the word for "remember" (זָכַר, zakar) often implies more than just mental recall; it involves a deep, reflective meditation that can lead to action or change. The psalmist is engaging in a spiritual exercise, bringing to mind the faithfulness of God in past circumstances. This act of remembrance is a common biblical theme, encouraging believers to reflect on God's past deeds as a source of hope and strength in present trials. as I pour out my soul how I walked with the multitude leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng 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 (Exodus 5:1; Leviticus 23:41) for keeping a festival, and especially the Feast of Tabernacles. Dancing appears to have been a recognised part of the ceremonial. (Comp. 2Samuel 6:16.) 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. 2 Samuel 6:12-19).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew These thingsאֵ֤לֶּה (’êl·leh) Pronoun - common plural Strong's 428: These, those come to mind אֶזְכְּרָ֨ה ׀ (’ez·kə·rāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 2142: 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 Strong's 8210: To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out my soul: נַפְשִׁ֗י (nap̄·šî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion how כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction I walked אֶֽעֱבֹ֨ר ׀ (’e·‘ĕ·ḇōr) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on with the multitude, בַּסָּךְ֮ (bas·sāḵ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5519: A thicket of men, a crowd leading אֶדַּדֵּ֗ם (’ed·dad·dêm) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 1718: Perhaps to move slowly the procession חוֹגֵֽג׃ (ḥō·w·ḡêḡ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 2287: To make a pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim feast to עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while the house בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of God, אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative with shouts בְּקוֹל־ (bə·qō·wl-) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6963: A voice, sound of joy רִנָּ֥ה (rin·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7440: A creaking, shout and praise. וְתוֹדָ֗ה (wə·ṯō·w·ḏāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8426: An extension of the hand, avowal, adoration, a choir of worshippers Links Psalm 42:4 NIVPsalm 42:4 NLT Psalm 42:4 ESV Psalm 42:4 NASB Psalm 42:4 KJV Psalm 42:4 BibleApps.com Psalm 42:4 Biblia Paralela Psalm 42:4 Chinese Bible Psalm 42:4 French Bible Psalm 42:4 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 42:4 These things I remember and pour out (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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