Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 42:4

4. 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 voyce of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holy-day .

Either, 1. Which follow, to wit, my former Freedom: Or rather, 2. Last mentioned, my Banishment from God's Presence, and mine Enemies scoffs and Triumphs upon that Occasion.

This Phrase notes Either, 1. His fervent Prayer, as it is taken, 1 Sam. 1. 15. Psal. 62. 8. Or, 2. His bitter Sorrows, whereby his very Heart was almost melted, or dissolved, and his Spirits spent, and he was ready to saint away; as it is used, Iob 30. 16. Lam. 2. 12. Comp. Psal. 22. 14. Or rather, 3. Both together; that he breathed out his Sorrows and sad Complaints, unto God by fervent Prayers.

(i. e.) Within my own Breast, between God and my own Soul; not openly, lest mine Enemies should turn it into matter of rejoycing and insulting over me.

To wit, in the way to Ierusalem. And my sorrow was increased, by the Remembrance of my former Enjoyments. Comp. [illegible: 1+ letters]am. 1. 7.

According to the Custome, and in the Company of Israelites, who went thither in great numbers. Comp. Psal. 84. 6, 7.

Or, I led them, encouraging them by my Presence and Forwardness.

Or, That kept the Feast, to wit, the three Solemn Festival Solemnities, which they kept holy unto the Lord.