IDENTITY
Psalm 42
Religion / Bible
Work Summary
Psalm 42 is a biblical passage. A psalm of longing for God, opening with the image of a deer thirsting for streams of water. The speaker moves between grief, memory and self-exhortation, repeatedly answering despair with the command to hope in God.
Evidence Summary
The passage is incorporated into a devotional text sent to Theo.
No later artistic connection is inferred from the copying alone.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Bible
Work
Psalm 42
Years / Period
28 Feb 1877
Van Gogh Relation
Quoted / Copied
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
28 Feb 1877 — Letter 104
Quoted / Copied · Copied / quoted
Psalm 42 is copied at length in the letter.
Response: The passage is incorporated into a devotional text sent to Theo.
Connection: No later artistic connection is inferred from the copying alone.
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