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Psalm 42:5-11
New American Standard Bible
Psalm 42:5-11
New American Standard Bible
5 (A)Why are you [a](B)in despair, my soul?
And why are you (C)restless within me?
(D)Wait for God, for I will [b]again praise [c]Him
For the [d](E)help of His [e]presence, my God.
6 My soul is [f]in despair within me;
Therefore I (F)remember You from (G)the land of the Jordan
And the [g]peaks of (H)Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your (I)breakers and Your waves have passed over me.
8 The Lord will (J)send His goodness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me (K)in the night,
A prayer to (L)the God of my life.
9 I will say to God (M)my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go about (N)mourning [h]because of the (O)oppression of the enemy?”
10 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries taunt me,
While they (P)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
11 (Q)Why are you [i]in despair, my soul?
And why are you restless within me?
Wait for God, for I will again praise [j]Him
For the [k]help of His presence, my God.
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 42:11 Or dissolved away
- Psalm 42:11 As in some ancient mss, cf. v 5; MT Him, the help of my face and my God
- Psalm 42:11 Or saving acts of
Psalm 42:5-11
New International Version
Psalm 42:5-11
New International Version
5 Why, my soul, are you downcast?(A)
Why so disturbed(B) within me?
Put your hope in God,(C)
for I will yet praise(D) him,
my Savior(E) and my God.(F)
6 My soul is downcast within me;
therefore I will remember(G) you
from the land of the Jordan,(H)
the heights of Hermon(I)—from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep(J)
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.(K)
8 By day the Lord directs his love,(L)
at night(M) his song(N) is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life.(O)
9 I say to God my Rock,(P)
“Why have you forgotten(Q) me?
Why must I go about mourning,(R)
oppressed(S) by the enemy?”(T)
10 My bones suffer mortal agony(U)
as my foes taunt(V) me,
saying to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”(W)
11 Why, 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.(X)
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