Psalms 42
42
BOOK II
(Psalms 42–72)
Psalm 42#42.0 Pss 42–43 form one single poem; cf the note at Pss 9–10.
For the music leader. A maskil#42.0 Perhaps instruction of the Korahites.
1Just like a deer that craves streams of water,
my whole being#42.1 Or soul; also in 42:2, 4, 5, 6, 11; 43:5 craves you, God.
2My whole being thirsts for God, for the living God.
When will I come and see God’s face?#42.2 Syr, Tg; MT and appear before God?
3My tears have been my food both day and night,
as people constantly questioned me,
“Where’s your God now?”
4But I remember these things as I bare my soul:
how I made my way to the mighty one’s abode,#42.4 Heb uncertain
to God’s own house,
with joyous shouts and thanksgiving songs—
a huge crowd celebrating the festival!
5Why, I ask myself, are you so depressed?
Why are you so upset inside?
Hope in God!
Because I will again give him thanks,
my saving presence and my God.
6My whole being is depressed.
That’s why I remember you
from the land of Jordan and Hermon,
from Mount Mizar.
7Deep called to deep at the noise of your waterfalls;
all your massive waves surged over me.
8By day the LORD commands his faithful love;
by night his song is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life.
9I will say to God, my solid rock,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why do I have to walk around,
sad, oppressed by enemies?”
10With my bones crushed, my foes make fun of me,
constantly questioning me: “Where’s your God now?”
11Why, I ask myself, are you so depressed?
Why are you so upset inside?
Hope in God!
Because I will again give him thanks,
my saving presence and my God.
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Psalms 42
42
Book 2
(Psalms 42-72)
To the director: A maskil from the Korah family.
1Like a deer drinking from a stream,
I reach out to you, my God.#42:1 Or “As a deer stretches out to drink water from a stream, so my soul thirsts for you, God.”
2My soul thirsts for the living God.
When can I go to meet with him?
3Instead of food, I have only tears day and night,
as my enemies laugh at me and say, “Where is your God?”
4My heart breaks as I remember the pleasant times in the past,
when I walked with the crowds as I led them up to God’s Temple.
I remember the happy songs of praise
as they celebrated the festival.
5-6Why am I so sad?
Why am I so upset?
I tell myself, “Wait for God’s help!
You will again be able to praise him,
your God, the one who will save you.”
In my sadness I say, “I will remember you from here on this small hill,#42:5-6 small hill Or “Mount Mizar.”
where Mount Hermon and the Jordan River meet.”
7I hear the roar of the water coming from deep within the earth.
It shouts to the water below as it tumbles down the waterfall.
God, your waves come one after another,
crashing all around and over me.#42:7 God, your waves … over me These word pictures describe the psalmist’s feelings about the many troubles the Lord has allowed him to experience.
8By day the Lord shows his faithful love,
and at night I have a song for him—a prayer for the God of my life.#42:8 the God of my life Or “my living God.”
9I say to God, my Rock,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I suffer this sadness that my enemies have brought me?”
10Their constant insults are killing me.
They never stop asking, “Where is your God?”
11Why am I so sad?
Why am I so upset?
I tell myself, “Wait for God’s help!
You will again be able to praise him,
your God, the one who will save you.”
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