Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 3. My tears have been my meat day and night ] My longing has been so intense after spiritual blessings, that I have forgotten to take my necessary food; and my sorrow has been so great, that I have had no appetite for any. I feel more for the honour of my God and his truth than for myself, when the idolaters, who have thy people in captivity, insultingly cry, Where is thy God?
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-5 - The psalmist looked to the Lord as his chief good, and set his hear upon him accordingly; casting anchor thus at first, he rides out the storm. A gracious soul can take little satisfaction in God's courts, i it do not meet with God himself there. Living souls never can take u their rest any where short of a living God. To appear before the Lor is the desire of the upright, as it is the dread of the hypocrite Nothing is more grievous to a gracious soul, than what is intended to shake its confidence in the Lord. It was not the remembrance of the pleasures of his court that afflicted David; but the remembrance of the free access he formerly had to God's house, and his pleasure i attending there. Those that commune much with their own hearts, wil often have to chide them. See the cure of sorrow. When the soul rest on itself, it sinks; if it catches hold on the power and promise of God, the head is kept above the billows. And what is our support unde present woes but this, that we shall have comfort in Him. We have grea cause to mourn for sin; but being cast down springs from unbelief and rebellious will; we should therefore strive and pray against it.
Original Hebrew היתה1961 לי דמעתי1832 לחם3899 יומם3119 ולילה3915 באמר559 אלי413 כל3605 היום3117 איה346 אלהיך׃430
