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Psalm 42:2-4
New King James Version
Psalm 42:2-4
New King James Version
2 (A)My soul thirsts for God, for the (B)living God.
When shall I come and [a]appear before God?
3 (C)My tears have been my food day and night,
While they continually say to me,
(D)“Where is your God?”
4 When I remember these things,
(E)I pour out my soul within me.
For I used to go with the multitude;
(F)I went with them to the house of God,
With the voice of joy and praise,
With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast.
Footnotes
- Psalm 42:2 So with MT, Vg.; some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Tg. I see the face of God
Psalm 42:2-4
New International Version
Psalm 42:2-4
New International Version
2 My soul thirsts(A) for God, for the living God.(B)
When can I go(C) and meet with God?
3 My tears(D) have been my food
day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”(E)
4 These things I remember
as I pour out my soul:(F)
how I used to go to the house of God(G)
under the protection of the Mighty One[a]
with shouts of joy(H) and praise(I)
among the festive throng.(J)
Footnotes
- Psalm 42:4 See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
Psalm 42:2-4
King James Version
Psalm 42:2-4
King James Version
2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
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Psalm 42:2-4
English Standard Version
Psalm 42:2-4
English Standard Version
2 (A)My soul thirsts for God,
for (B)the living God.
When shall I come and (C)appear before God?[a]
3 (D)My tears have been my food
day and night,
(E)while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”
4 These things I remember,
as I (F)pour out my soul:
(G)how I would go (H)with the throng
and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
(I)a multitude keeping festival.
Footnotes
- Psalm 42:2 Revocalization yields and see the face of God
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