Psalms 42:6 meaning and explanation

O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.

Psalms 42:6, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is a psalmist of the sons of Korah, far from the temple and taunted by enemies, and here he turns from speaking to himself to speaking directly to God. His soul bows down within him, and his remedy is remembrance: he calls God to mind from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon in the far north, and from Mount Mizar, a height whose location is unknown.

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