Psalms 42:4

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“These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.”

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BSBPD

“These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“These I remember, and pour out my soul in me, For I pass over into the booth, I go softly with them unto the house of God, With the voice of singing and confession, The multitude keeping feast!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 42:4 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 16:11and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
  2. Deuteronomy 16:14And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
  3. Ruth 1:21I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”
  4. 1 Samuel 1:15“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
  5. 2 Kings 18:30Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
  6. 2 Kings 18:32until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey—so that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, for he misleads you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’
  7. 1 Chronicles 15:15And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.
  8. 1 Chronicles 16:1So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
  9. 2 Chronicles 7:10On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.
  10. 2 Chronicles 30:23The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.
  11. Job 29:2“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
  12. Psalms 55:14We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
  13. Psalms 62:8Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
  14. Psalms 79:10Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
  15. Psalms 80:6You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
  16. Psalms 81:1Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
  17. Psalms 100:4Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
  18. Psalms 102:10because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
  19. Psalms 115:2Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
  20. Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
  21. Psalms 122:8For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”
  22. Isaiah 30:29You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
  23. Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
  24. Lamentations 4:1How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.

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