Psalms 42
42
BOOK TWO: Psalms 42—72
Yearning for God in the Midst of Distresses
To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of the sons of Korah.
1As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So pants my soul for You, O God.
2#Ps. 63:1; 84:2; 143:6; (Jer. 10:10)My soul thirsts for God, for the #Rom. 9:26; 1 Thess. 1:9living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?
3#Ps. 80:5; 102:9My tears have been my food day and night,
While they continually say to me,
#Ps. 79:10; 115:2; Joel 2:17; Mic. 7:10“Where is your God?”
4When I remember these things,
#1 Sam. 1:15; Job 30:16I pour out my soul within me.
For I used to go with the multitude;
#Ps. 55:14; 122:1; Is. 30:29I went with them to the house of God,
With the voice of joy and praise,
With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast.
5#Ps. 42:11; 43:5Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
#Ps. 71:14; Lam. 3:24Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him
For the help of His countenance.
6O my God, my soul is cast down within me;
Therefore I will remember You from the land of the Jordan,
And from the heights of Hermon,
From the Hill Mizar.
7Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls;
#Ps. 69:1, 2; 88:7; Jon. 2:3All Your waves and billows have gone over me.
8The Lord will #Deut. 28:8command His lovingkindness in the daytime,
And #Job 35:10; Ps. 149:5in the night His song shall be with me—
A prayer to the God of my life.
9I will say to God my Rock,
#Ps. 38:6“Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
10As with a breaking of my bones,
My enemies reproach me,
#Ps. 42:3; Joel 2:17; Mic. 7:10While they say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
11#Ps. 43:5Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God;
For I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.
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Psalms 42
42
BOOK TWO
(Psalms 42–72)
Psalm 42
For the choir director; a maskil #42:0 Unknown musical term. by Korah’s descendants.
1As a deer longs for flowing streams,
so my soul longs for you, O God.
2My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When may I come to see God’s face?
3My tears are my food day and night.
People ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
4I will remember these things as I pour out my soul:
how I used to walk with the crowd
and lead it in a procession to God’s house.
⌞I sang⌟ songs of joy and thanksgiving
while crowds of people celebrated a festival.
5Why are you discouraged, my soul?
Why are you so restless?
Put your hope in God,
because I will still praise him.
He is my savior and my God.
6My soul is discouraged.
That is why I will remember you
in the land of Jordan, on the peaks of Hermon, on Mount Mizar.
7One deep sea calls to another at the roar of your waterspouts.
All the whitecaps on your waves have swept over me.
8The Lord commands his mercy during the day,
and at night his song is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life.
9I will ask God, my rock,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I walk around in mourning
while the enemy oppresses me?”
10With a shattering blow to my bones,
my enemies taunt me.
They ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
11Why are you discouraged, my soul?
Why are you so restless?
Put your hope in God,
because I will still praise him.
He is my savior and my God.
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