Psalm 42:7

Translations

Modern

Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.

Traditional

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

Literal

Deep is calling to deep, at the voice of Your waterfalls, and all Your breakers and waves have passed over me.

Latin

Abyssus abyssum invocat, in voce cataractarum tuarum; omnia excelsa tua, et fluctus tui super me transierunt.

Original

Hebrew

English

Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.

Notes

Psalms 42:7

The raging seas, waves, and surging tides bring to mind God's anger (see Psalm 88:7).

Psalms 42:1–43:5

These psalms, like Psalms 9 and 10, form a unit with a lament and a bittersweet refrain of hope (Psalm 42:5, 11; 43:5). Many Hebrew manuscripts combine these two psalms into one.

The historical context is unclear; these psalms might represent God's people in exile, expressing loyalty to God while he punishes them for their ongoing disobedience.

The psalmist longs for the fellowship with God he had in Jerusalem (Psalm 42:4); his memories only deepen his discouragement. As the psalmist cries out to God, he remembers God's love and faithfulness (Psalm 42:8), which leads him to ask for vindication (43:1–4).

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Jonah 2:3
For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
Psalm 69:14–15
Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.
Psalm 88:7
Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah
Lamentations 3:53–55
They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
Jeremiah 4:20
Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.
Job 1:14–19
…a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
Ezekiel 7:26
Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.
Psalm 88:15–17
From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
Job 10:17
You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.

Glossary

Book of Jonah David Korahite, Korathite Music Numbers, Book of Psalms, Book of

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Often Severe Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Afflictions: Often Severe Desire: Spiritual The Loving-Kindness of God: Saints: should Expect, in Affliction

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