When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within 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.
All Commentaries on Psalms 42:4 Go To Psalms 42
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
These sarcasms fill me with grief, (Calmet) while the solemn ceremonies of religion, which, I remember, where observed in the temple, cause my heart to overflow with joy. (Berthier)
I shall. Protestants, "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 holiday. "Yet the holidays of the Catholic Church are now ridiculed by many Protestants. (Haydock)
The original may have several other meanings. The tabernacle may here designate the musach of the Levites, 4 Kings xvi. 18. (Calmet)
Feasting. Some such religious feasts were prescribed, Deuteronomy xii. 12. (Haydock)
David was not permitted to build the temple, nor to enter the tabernacle: but he speaks of heaven. (Worthington)