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

Why are you downcast O my soul Ps 042

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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

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