Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 42:7

7. Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy water-spouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me .

(i, e.) One affliction comes immediately after another, as if it were called for, and invited by the former. Which he expresseth by a Metaphor taken, Either, 1. From the old Flood, when the [illegible: 1+ letters]pper deep, or Abyss of Waters (in the Clouds) called for the lower deep, or Abyss of Waters, in the Sea and Rivers, that both might unite their Forces together, to drown the World. And thus the Chaldee understands it. Or, 2. From the Sea, when its Waves Rage, and it is full of deep furrows, into which ships and Passingers sink down, and then rise and sink again, successively and continually. But these Tempests are caused in the Sea by God's mighty Winds, rather than by his Water-spouts. Or, 3. From violent and successive showers of Rain; which frequently come down from Heaven, as it were at the Noise, or Call of God's Waterspouts, to wit, the Clouds; which by their ratling Noises and terrible Thunders, do in a manner invite and call forth the Showers, which are contained in their Bowels.

Thou hast sent one sharp Tryal, or affliction upon me after another:

(i. e.) Are gone over my Head, as this same Verb is used, Psal. 38. 4. They do not lightly sprinkle me, but almost overwhelm me.

Marginal references: Jer. 4. 20. Ezek. 7. 26.; Psal. 88. 7. Jon. 2. 3.