Psalms 42:7 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 42:7

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

4 voices

Ambrose of Milan

COMMENTARY ON TWELVE PSALMS 36:18 (397)

Listen to this: "Deep calls on deep at the voice of your floodgates." Scripture of the Old Testament calls on Scripture of the New Testament for the consummation of holiness and the fullness of grace; it calls with the voice of grace and the outflowing of spiritual abundance.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of the water spouts,.... By which are meant afflictions, comparable to the deep waters of the sea, for their multitude and overwhelming nature; see Psa 69:1; these came pouring down, one after another, upon the psalmist: as soon as one affliction over, another came, as in the case of Job; which is signified by one calling to another, and were clamorous, troublesome, and very grievous and distressing; all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me: with which he seemed to be covered and overwhelmed, as a ship is at sea.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

God knows what he does, and so shall they shortly. Jonah, in the whale's belly, made use of these words of David, Jonah ii. 3 (they are exactly the same in the original), and of him they were literally true, All thy waves and thy billows have gone over me; for the book of psalms is contrived so as to reach every one's case.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 865: “Deep Calls Unto Deep” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1869)

IN the grandeur of Nature there are awful harmonies. When the storm agitates the ocean below, the heavens above hear the tumult and answer to the clamor. Down comes a deluge of sonorous hail or swift-descending rain, attended with peals of thunder and flashes of flame. Frequently the waterspout, of which David speaks in the next sentence, evidences the sympathy of the two great waters above and beneath the firmament—the great deep above stretches out its hands to the great deep below and in voice of thunder their old relationship is recognized.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
תְּהֽוֹם־	te.hom-	deep	H8415 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
תְּה֣וֹם	te.Hom	deep	H8415 →
ק֭וֹרֵא	Ko.re'	[is] calling	H7121 →
לְק֣וֹל	le.Kol	to [the] sound	H6963 →
צִנּוֹרֶ֑יךָ	tzi.no.Rei.kha	waterfalls your	H6794 →
כָּֽל־	kal-	all	H3605 →
מִשְׁבָּרֶ֥יךָ	mish.ba.Rei.kha	breakers your	H4867 →
וְ֝גַלֶּ֗יךָ	ve.ga.Lei.kha	and waves your	H1530 →
עָלַ֥י	'a.Lai	over me	H5921 →
עָבָֽרוּ׃	'a.Va.ru	they have passed	H5674 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- Lamentations 3:54
  The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
- Psalms 69:1–2
  Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
Through
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.
leads to
- Ezekiel 7:25–26
  Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:9
  They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
- Joel 1:15
  Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
- Matthew 10:28
  Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
- Leviticus 26:18
  And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
Through
Psalms 88:7
Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah
leads to
- Romans 2:5–9
  But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms