Psalms 42
42
BOOK II
Psalms 42–72
Psalm 42#In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.#In Hebrew texts 42:1-11 is numbered 42:2-12.
For the director of music. A maskil#Title: Probably a literary or musical term of the Sons of Korah.
1As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, my God.
2My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?
3My tears have been my food
day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
4These things I remember
as I pour out my soul:
how I used to go to the house of God
under the protection of the Mighty One#42:4 See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
with shouts of joy and praise
among the festive throng.
5Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
6My soul is downcast within me;
therefore I will remember you
from the land of the Jordan,
the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar.
7Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.
8By day the Lord directs his love,
at night his song is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life.
9I say to God my Rock,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go about mourning,
oppressed by the enemy?”
10My bones suffer mortal agony
as my foes taunt me,
saying to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
11Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
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Psalms 42
42
Psalm 42
Longing for God
For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.
1As a deer longs for flowing streams,
so I long for you, God.#Ps 84:2; 119:131
2I thirst for God, the living God.
When can I come and appear before God?#Ps 63:1
3My tears have been my food day and night,
while all day long people say to me,
“Where is your God?” #1Sm 4:21; Ps 79:10; 115:2
4I remember this as I pour out my heart:#Ps 62:8
how I walked with many,
leading the festive procession to the house of God,
with joyful and thankful shouts.#Ps 55:14; 100:4
5Why, my soul, are you so dejected?
Why are you in such turmoil?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him,
my Savior and my God.#Ps 38:6; 43:5; Mt 26:38
6I#42:5–6 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read him, the salvation of his presence. 6 My God, I am deeply depressed;
therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan
and the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.#Ps 61:2; Jnh 2:7
7Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your breakers and your billows have swept over me.#Ps 69:1–2; Jnh 2:3
8The Lord will send his faithful love by day;#Jb 35:10; Ps 77:6
his song will be with me in the night —
a prayer to the God of my life.
9I will say to God, my rock,#Ps 18:2; 31:3
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go about in sorrow
because of the enemy’s oppression?” #Ps 43:2
10My adversaries taunt me,
as if crushing my bones,
while all day long they say to me,
“Where is your God?” #Jl 2:17
11Why, my soul, are you so dejected?
Why are you in such turmoil?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him,
my Savior and my God.#Ps 43:5; Mt 26:38
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