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The Language of Overwhelm
Commentators explain that the psalmist uses the powerful imagery of cascading waterfalls and crashing ocean waves to describe his suffering. The phrase 'deep calls to deep' illustrates how his troubles feel relentless and cumulative, one sorrow leading directly to another, leaving him feeling completely submerged in grief. This vivid language gives voice to the universal human experience of being overwhelmed.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 42:7
18th Century
Theologian
Deep calls unto deep — The language used here would seem to imply that the psalmist was near some floods of water, some rapid river or water…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 42:7
19th Century
Bishop
Deep calls unto deep at the noise of your waterspouts.—Better, Flood calls unto flood at the noise of your cataracts.…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 42:7
19th Century
Preacher
Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterspouts: all your waves and your billows are gone over me.
Here is a great storm; here …
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John Calvin
On Psalms 42:7
16th Century
Theologian
Depth calleth unto depth. These words express the severity, as well as the number and long duration, of the miseries that he suffered; as …
John Gill
On Psalms 42:7
17th Century
Pastor
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of the water spouts
By which are meant afflictions, comparable to the deep water…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 42:6–11
17th Century
Minister
The way to forget our miseries is to remember the God of our mercies. David saw troubles coming from God's wrath, and that discouraged him. But if …