King James Version
psalm 42:8 in the King James Version says “Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer u...” — study this verse from psalm chapter 42 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.”
psalm 42:8 · KJV
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. the hill: or, the little hill
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? sword: or, killing
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