[a]O 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 [b]the Hill Mizar.
Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls;
(A)All Your waves and billows have gone over me.
The Lord will (B)command His lovingkindness in the daytime,
And (C)in the night His song shall be with me—
A prayer to the God of my life.

I will say to God my Rock,
(D)“Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
10 As with a [c]breaking of my bones,
My enemies [d]reproach me,
(E)While they say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:6 So with MT, Tg.; a few Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg. put my God at the end of v. 5
  2. Psalm 42:6 Or Mount
  3. Psalm 42:10 Lit. shattering
  4. Psalm 42:10 revile

My soul is downcast within me;
    therefore I will remember(A) you
from the land of the Jordan,(B)
    the heights of Hermon(C)—from Mount Mizar.
Deep calls to deep(D)
    in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
    have swept over me.(E)

By day the Lord directs his love,(F)
    at night(G) his song(H) is with me—
    a prayer to the God of my life.(I)

I say to God my Rock,(J)
    “Why have you forgotten(K) me?
Why must I go about mourning,(L)
    oppressed(M) by the enemy?”(N)
10 My bones suffer mortal agony(O)
    as my foes taunt(P) me,
saying to me all day long,
    “Where is your God?”(Q)

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