Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 42:3

"My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?" — Psalms 42:3 (ASV)

My tears. — Compare Psalms 80:5; Psalms 102:9; and Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.75, “ Cura dolorque animi lacrimaeque alimenta fuere.”

Where is thy God? — For this bitter taunt compare Psalms 79:10; Psalms 115:2; Joel 2:17, etc.