Psalms 42:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 42:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 42:3 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 42:3 — KJV
“My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?”
— Psalms 42:3 (KJV)
Psalms 42:3 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 42:3
“And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 42:3: meat, day, while
“And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 42:3: day, say, where
“Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD. when...: Heb. in revolution of days Samuel: that is, Asked of God”
Shares key themes with Psalms 42:3: day, say, where
“And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? lay: Heb. fell”
Shares key themes with Psalms 42:3: day, night, say
“And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require: at all...: Heb. the thing of a day in his day”
Shares key themes with Psalms 42:3: day, night, where
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