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A 'Yet' of Confident Hope
Commentators emphasize the word "Yet" as a powerful declaration of faith. Despite overwhelming sorrow, the psalmist expresses a confident expectation, not just a wish, that God will command His lovingkindness. This future hope is what allows him to have a song and a prayer even in the "night" of his present suffering, looking beyond his circumstances to God's certain deliverance.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 42:8
18th Century
Theologian
Yet the Lord will command his loving-kindness in the daytime - literally, By day the Lord will command his mercy; that is,…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 42:8
19th Century
Bishop
Yet the Lord. —Better, By day Jehovah shall command (or, literally, Jehovah command) his grace.
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Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 42:8–9
19th Century
Preacher
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.…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 42:8
16th Century
Theologian
Jehovah will command his loving-kindness by day. The verb used here is in the future tense, but I do not deny that, according to the Hebre…
John Gill
On Psalms 42:8
17th Century
Pastor
[Yet] the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the
daytime
Which is a tender affec…
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 …