Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 42:8

8. Yet the LORD will command his loving kindness in the day-time, and in the night his song shall be with me , and my prayer shall be unto the God of my life .

(i. e.) Will effectually procure or Confer upon me, as this Verb is used, Levit. 25. 21. Psa. 7. 6. &c. The Verb is Future, but some render it by the time past: The Lord hath Commanded, making this Rehearsal of his former Experiences of Gods goodness, his Argument to support himself, and to prevail with God in Prayer. Which may seem to suit best with the foregoing and following Verses. But▪ we must remember that Davi[illegible: 1+ letters]'s Hopes and Fears were strangely mixed, and his Expressions of them are commonly interwoven in the same P[illegible: 1+ letters]alm, and sometimes in one and the same Verse, a[illegible: 1+ letters] it is here v. 5. 11. And therefore there is no necessity of departing from the Proper signification of the Verb.

(i. e.) His blessings, the Effects of his Loving-kindness, which God is oft said to Command, as Deut. 28. 8. Psal. 133. 3.

Both day and night, (i. e.) Continually.

(i. e.) I shall have constant matter of singing and praising God for his loving kindness.

And therefore I will boldly and believingly direct my Prayers to him, of whose readiness to hear and help me, I have had such ample Experience.

The giver and preserver of my Life, from time to time.

Marginal references: Job 35. 10. Psal. 149. 5.