The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 42:6

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

O my God, my soul is cast down within me; or, bowed down, as in the first clause of Psalms 42:5. Therefore will I remember thee. As a remedy for my depression, I will call thee to mind, and cast myself on thee.

From the land of Jordan. From the place of my present abode—the Trans-Jordanic region—to which, on the revolt of Absalom, David had fled (2 Samuel 17:24). And of the Hormonites; rather, and of the Hermons.

This expression is not elsewhere used, and can only be explained conjecturally. It probably means the mountain ranges which, starting from Hermon in the north, extend in a southerly direction down the entire Trans-Jordanic territory.

From the hill Mizar. This name occurs nowhere else; and can be assigned to no special locality.

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