Psalm 42:1-6

Common English Bible

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.

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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

2 Corinthians 4:8-9

Common English Bible

⁸We are experiencing all kinds of trouble, but we aren’t crushed. We are confused, but we aren’t depressed. ⁹We are harassed, but we aren’t abandoned. We are knocked down, but we aren’t knocked out.

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