Psalm 42

New American Standard Bible

BOOK 2

Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile.

For the music director. A ^[a]Maskil of the sons of Korah.

42 As the deer ^[b]pants for the water brooks,
So my soul ^[c]^(A)pants for You, God.
²My soul ^(B)thirsts for God, for the ^(C)living God;
When shall I come and ^[d]^(D)appear before God?
³My ^(E)tears have been my food day and night,
While they ^(F)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
⁴I remember these things and ^(G)pour out my soul within me.
For I ^(H)used to go over with the multitude and walk them to the house of God,
With a voice of ^(I)joy and thanksgiving, a multitude celebrating a festival.

⁵^(J)Why are you ^[e]^(K)in despair, my soul?
And why are you ^(L)restless within me?
^(M)Wait for God, for I will ^[f]again praise ^[g]Him
For the ^[h]^(N)help of His ^[i]presence, my God.
⁶My soul is ^[j]in despair within me;
Therefore I ^(O)remember You from ^(P)the land of the Jordan
And the ^[k]peaks of ^(Q)Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
⁷Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your ^(R)breakers and Your waves have passed over me.
⁸The Lord will ^(S)send His goodness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me ^(T)in the night,
A prayer to ^(U)the God of my life.

⁹I will say to God ^(V)my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go about ^(W)mourning ^[l]because of the ^(X)oppression of the enemy?”
¹⁰As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries taunt me,
While they ^(Y)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
¹¹^(Z)Why are you ^[m]in despair, my soul?
And why are you restless within me?
Wait for God, for I will again praise ^[n]Him
For the ^[o]help of His presence, my God.

Footnotes

Psalm 42 Title Possibly Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm
Psalm 42:1 Lit longs for
Psalm 42:1 Lit longs for
Psalm 42:2 Some mss see the face of God
Psalm 42:5 Lit dissolved away
Psalm 42:5 Or still
Psalm 42:5 Some ancient versions Him, the help of my face and my God
Psalm 42:5 Or saving acts of
Psalm 42:5 Or presence. O my God, my soul...
Psalm 42:6 Or dissolved away
Psalm 42:6 Lit Hermons
Psalm 42:9 Or while the enemy oppresses
Psalm 42:11 Or dissolved away
Psalm 42:11 As in some ancient mss, cf. v 5; MT Him, the help of my face and my God
Psalm 42:11 Or saving acts of

Psalm 32

New American Standard Bible

Blessedness of Forgiveness and of Trust in God.

A Psalm of David. A ^[a]Maskil.

32 ^(A)How blessed is he whose wrongdoing is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered!
²How blessed is a person whose guilt the Lord ^(B)does not take into account,
And in whose spirit there is ^(C)no deceit!

³When ^(D)I kept silent about my sin, ^(E)my ^[b]body wasted away
Through my ^[c]^(F)groaning all day long.
⁴For day and night ^(G)Your hand was heavy upon me;
My ^[d]^(H)vitality failed as with the dry heat of summer. Selah
⁵I ^(I)acknowledged my sin to You,
And I ^(J)did not hide my guilt;
I said, “^(K)I will confess my wrongdoings to the Lord”;
And You ^(L)forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
⁶Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You ^[e]^(M)in a time when You may be found;
Certainly ^(N)in a flood of great waters, they will not reach him.
⁷You are ^(O)my hiding place; You ^(P)keep me from trouble;
You surround me with ^[f]^(Q)songs of deliverance. Selah

⁸I will ^(R)instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go;
I will advise you ^(S)with My eye upon you.
⁹Do not be ^(T)like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding,
Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.
¹⁰The ^(U)sorrows of the wicked are many,
But ^(V)the one who trusts in the Lord, goodness will surround him.
¹¹Be ^(W)glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones;
And shout for joy, all you who are ^(X)upright in heart.

Footnotes

Psalm 32 Title Possibly Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm
Psalm 32:3 Or bones, substance
Psalm 32:3 Lit roaring
Psalm 32:4 Lit life juices were turned into the drought of summer
Psalm 32:6 Lit in a time of finding out
Psalm 32:7 Or shouts

Daniel 9:3-10

New American Standard Bible

³So I gave my ^[a]attention to the Lord God, to seek Him by prayer and pleading, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. ⁴I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed, and said, “Oh, Lord, the ^(A)great and awesome God, who ^(B)keeps His covenant and faithfulness for those who love Him and keep His commandments, ⁵^(C)we have sinned, we have done wrong, and ^[b]acted wickedly and ^(D)rebelled, even ^(E)turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances. ⁶Moreover, we have not ^(F)listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our leaders, our fathers, and all the people of the land.

⁷“^(G)Righteousness belongs to You, Lord, but to us ^[c]^(H)open shame, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in ^(I)all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You. ⁸^[d]Open shame belongs to us, Lord, to our kings, our leaders, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You. ⁹To the Lord our God belong ^(J)compassion and forgiveness, ^[e]because we have ^(K)rebelled against Him; ¹⁰and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His ^[f]teachings which He ^(L)set before us through His servants the prophets.

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Footnotes

Daniel 9:3 Lit face
Daniel 9:5 Or made ourselves guilty
Daniel 9:7 Lit the shame of face
Daniel 9:8 Lit The shame of face
Daniel 9:9 Or though
Daniel 9:10 Or laws

Hebrews 2:10-18

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¹⁰For ^(A)it was fitting for Him, ^(B)for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to ^(C)perfect the ^[a]^(D)originator of their salvation through sufferings. ¹¹For both He who ^(E)sanctifies and those who ^(F)are ^[b]sanctified are all ^(G)from one Father; for this reason He is not ashamed to call them ^(H)brothers and sisters, ¹²saying,

“^(I)I will proclaim Your name to My brothers,
In the midst of the assembly I will sing Your praise.”

¹³And again,

“^(J)I will put My trust in Him.”

And again,

“^(K)Behold, I and the children whom God has given Me.”

¹⁴Therefore, since the children share in ^[c]^(L)flesh and blood, ^(M)He Himself likewise also partook of the same, so that ^(N)through death He might destroy ^(O)the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, ¹⁵and free those who through ^(P)fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives. ¹⁶For clearly He does not ^[d]give help to angels, but He gives help to the ^[e]descendants of Abraham. ¹⁷Therefore, in all things He ^[f]had ^(Q)to be made like His brothers so that He might ^(R)become a merciful and faithful ^(S)high priest in ^(T)things pertaining to God, to ^(U)make ^[g]propitiation for the sins of the people. ¹⁸For since He Himself was ^[h]^(V)tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are ^[i]tempted.

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Footnotes

Hebrews 2:10 Or leader
Hebrews 2:11 Or being sanctified
Hebrews 2:14 Lit blood and flesh
Hebrews 2:16 Lit take hold of angels, but He takes hold of
Hebrews 2:16 Lit seed
Hebrews 2:17 Lit was obligated to be
Hebrews 2:17 I.e., reconciliation with God by atoning for the sins
Hebrews 2:18 Or tested
Hebrews 2:18 Or tested

John 12:44-50

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⁴⁴Now Jesus cried out and said, “^(A)The one who believes in Me, does not believe only in Me, but also in Him who sent Me. ⁴⁵And ^(B)the one who sees Me sees Him who sent Me. ⁴⁶^(C)I have come as Light into the world, so that no one who believes in Me will remain in darkness. ⁴⁷If anyone hears My ^[a]teachings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for ^(D)I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. ⁴⁸^(E)The one who rejects Me and does not ^[b]accept My ^[c]teachings has one who judges him: ^(F)the word which I spoke. That will judge him on ^(G)the last day. ⁴⁹^(H)For I did not speak ^[d]on My own, but the Father Himself who sent Me ^(I)has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak. ⁵⁰And I know that ^(J)His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak ^(K)just as the Father has told Me.”