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Psalm 42:3-9
New American Standard Bible
Psalm 42:3-9
New American Standard Bible
3 My (A)tears have been my food day and night,
While they (B)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
4 I remember these things and (C)pour out my soul within me.
For I (D)used to go over with the multitude and walk them to the house of God,
With a voice of (E)joy and thanksgiving, a multitude celebrating a festival.
5 (F)Why are you [a](G)in despair, my soul?
And why are you (H)restless within me?
(I)Wait for God, for I will [b]again praise [c]Him
For the [d](J)help of His [e]presence, my God.
6 My soul is [f]in despair within me;
Therefore I (K)remember You from (L)the land of the Jordan
And the [g]peaks of (M)Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your (N)breakers and Your waves have passed over me.
8 The Lord will (O)send His goodness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me (P)in the night,
A prayer to (Q)the God of my life.
9 I will say to God (R)my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go about (S)mourning [h]because of the (T)oppression of the enemy?”
Footnotes
- Psalm 42:5 Lit dissolved away
- Psalm 42:5 Or still
- Psalm 42:5 Some ancient versions Him, the help of my face and my God
- Psalm 42:5 Or saving acts of
- Psalm 42:5 Or presence. O my God, my soul...
- Psalm 42:6 Or dissolved away
- Psalm 42:6 Lit Hermons
- Psalm 42:9 Or while the enemy oppresses
Psalm 42:3-9
New International Version
Psalm 42:3-9
New International Version
3 My tears(A) have been my food
day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”(B)
4 These things I remember
as I pour out my soul:(C)
how I used to go to the house of God(D)
under the protection of the Mighty One[a]
with shouts of joy(E) and praise(F)
among the festive throng.(G)
5 Why, my soul, are you downcast?(H)
Why so disturbed(I) within me?
Put your hope in God,(J)
for I will yet praise(K) him,
my Savior(L) and my God.(M)
6 My soul is downcast within me;
therefore I will remember(N) you
from the land of the Jordan,(O)
the heights of Hermon(P)—from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep(Q)
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.(R)
Footnotes
- Psalm 42:4 See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
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