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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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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