Psalm 42

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BOOK II

(Psalms 42–72)

Psalm 42^[a]

For the music leader. A maskil^[b] of the Korahites.

42 Just like a deer that craves streams of water,
    my whole being^[c] craves you, God.
²My whole being thirsts for God, for the living God.
    When will I come and see God’s face?^[d]
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,^[e]
    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.

Footnotes

Psalm 42:1 Pss 42–43 form one single poem; cf the note at Pss 9–10.
Psalm 42:1 Perhaps instruction
Psalm 42:1 Or soul; also in 42:2, 4, 5, 6, 11; 43:5
Psalm 42:2 Syr, Tg; MT and appear before God?
Psalm 42:4 Heb uncertain

Isaiah 29:17-24

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¹⁷In just a little while won’t Lebanon become farmland once again,
    and the farmland be considered a forest?
¹⁸On that day: The deaf will hear the words of a scroll and, freed from dimness and darkness, the eyes of the blind will see.
¹⁹The poor will again find joy in the Lord,
    and the neediest of people will rejoice in the holy one of Israel.
²⁰The tyrant will be no more,
    the mocker will perish,
    and all who plot evil will be eliminated:
²¹    all who incriminate others wrongly,
    who entrap the judge in the gate,
    and pointlessly postpone justice for the innocent.

²²Therefore, proclaims the Lord,
    the God of^[a] the house of Jacob,
    who redeemed Abraham:
Jacob won’t be ashamed now,
    and his face won’t grow pale now.
²³When he sees his children among them,
    the work of my hands,
    proclaiming my name holy,
    they will make holy the holy one of Jacob,
    and stand in awe of Israel’s God.
²⁴Those who wander in spirit will have understanding,
    and those who grumble will gain insight.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 29:22 Or to

Acts 5:12-16

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Responses to the church

¹²The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. They would come together regularly at Solomon’s Porch. ¹³No one from outside the church dared to join them, even though the people spoke highly of them. ¹⁴Indeed, more and more believers in the Lord, large numbers of both men and women, were added to the church. ¹⁵As a result, they would even bring the sick out into the main streets and lay them on cots and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow could fall on some of them as he passed by. ¹⁶Even large numbers of persons from towns around Jerusalem would gather, bringing the sick and those harassed by unclean spirits. Everyone was healed.

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