1000 Songs/Why are you downcast O my soul Ps 042

Why are you downcast O my soul Ps 042

1000 Songs

Commentaries on Psalm 42:


 * Matthew Henry
 * Adam Clarke

Verses 2-3 sung in traditional Hebrew:
 * Hebrew

Where it is used in song:
 * Mendelssohn – (recording)
 * Handel's As Pants The Hart (HWV 251) – (explanation of HWV)* * explanation helps understand psalm’s inclusion
 * Bach's Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis (BWV 21)

Metricized Versions:
 * Tate & Brady
 * Sternhold & Hopkins
 * New England Puritans
 * Old Scottish Psalter (1635)
 * Scottish Reformed Church (1650)
 * Isaac Watts
 * Michael Morgan