Psalm 42

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BOOK II

Psalms 42–72

Psalm 42^[a]^[b]

For the director of music. A maskil^[c] of the Sons of Korah.

¹As the deer^(A) pants for streams of water,^(B)
    so my soul pants^(C) for you, my God.
²My soul thirsts^(D) for God, for the living God.^(E)
    When can I go^(F) and meet with God?
³My tears^(G) have been my food
    day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
    “Where is your God?”^(H)
⁴These things I remember
    as I pour out my soul:^(I)
how I used to go to the house of God^(J)
    under the protection of the Mighty One^[d]
with shouts of joy^(K) and praise^(L)
    among the festive throng.^(M)

⁵Why, my soul, are you downcast?^(N)
    Why so disturbed^(O) within me?
Put your hope in God,^(P)
    for I will yet praise^(Q) him,
    my Savior^(R) and my God.^(S)

⁶My soul is downcast within me;
    therefore I will remember^(T) you
from the land of the Jordan,^(U)
    the heights of Hermon^(V)—from Mount Mizar.
⁷Deep calls to deep^(W)
    in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
    have swept over me.^(X)

⁸By day the Lord directs his love,^(Y)
at night^(Z) his song^(AA) is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life.^(AB)

⁹I say to God my Rock,^(AC)
    “Why have you forgotten^(AD) me?
Why must I go about mourning,^(AE)
    oppressed^(AF) by the enemy?”^(AG)
¹⁰My bones suffer mortal agony^(AH)
    as my foes taunt^(AI) me,
saying to me all day long,
    “Where is your God?”^(AJ)

¹¹Why, 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.^(AK)

Footnotes

Psalm 42:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.
Psalm 42:1 In Hebrew texts 42:1-11 is numbered 42:2-12.
Psalm 42:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
Psalm 42:4 See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

Proverbs 13:23-25

New International Version

²³An unplowed field produces food for the poor,
but injustice sweeps it away.

²⁴Whoever spares the rod^(A) hates their children,
but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline^(B) them.^(C)

²⁵The righteous eat to their hearts’ content,
but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.^(D)

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2 Timothy 1:13-2:2

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¹³What you heard from me,^(A) keep^(B) as the pattern^(C) of sound teaching,^(D) with faith and love in Christ Jesus.^(E) ¹⁴Guard^(F) the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.^(G)

Examples of Disloyalty and Loyalty

¹⁵You know that everyone in the province of Asia^(H) has deserted me,^(I) including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

¹⁶May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus,^(J) because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed^(K) of my chains.^(L) ¹⁷On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me. ¹⁸May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day!^(M) You know very well in how many ways he helped me^(N) in Ephesus.^(O)

The Appeal Renewed

2 You then, my son,^(P) be strong^(Q) in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. ²And the things you have heard me say^(R) in the presence of many witnesses^(S) entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.