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Psalm 42
Legacy Standard Bible

BOOK 2

My Soul Thirsts for God

For the choir 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, O God.
2 My soul (B)thirsts for God, for the (C)living God;
When shall I come and [d](D)appear before God?
3 My (E)tears have been my food day and night,
While they (F)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
4 These things I remember and I (G)pour out my soul within me.
For I (H)used to go along with the throng and [e]lead them in procession to the house of God,
With the sound of a (I)shout of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.

5 (J)Why are you [f](K)in despair, O my soul?
And why are you (L)disturbed within me?
(M)Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him,
[g]For the [h](N)salvation of His presence.
6 O my God, my soul is [i]in despair within me;
Therefore I (O)remember You from (P)the land of the Jordan
And the [j]peaks of (Q)Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your (R)breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
8 By day, Yahweh will (S)command His lovingkindness;
And (T)by night, His song will be with me,
A prayer to (U)the God of my life.

9 I say to God (V)my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go (W)mourning [k]because of the (X)oppression of the enemy?”
10 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries reproach me,
While they (Y)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
11 (Z)Why are you [l]in despair, O my soul?
And why are you disturbed within me?
Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him,
The salvation of my presence and my God.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42 Title Possibly Contemplative, Didactic, Skillful Psalm
  2. Psalm 42:1 Lit longs
  3. Psalm 42:1 Lit longs
  4. Psalm 42:2 Some mss see the face of God
  5. Psalm 42:4 Or move slowly with them
  6. Psalm 42:5 Or sunk down
  7. Psalm 42:5 Some ancient versions The help of my countenance and my God
  8. Psalm 42:5 Or saving acts
  9. Psalm 42:6 Or sunk down
  10. Psalm 42:6 Lit Hermons
  11. Psalm 42:9 Or while the enemy oppresses
  12. Psalm 42:11 Or sunk down
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Psalm 42
International Standard Version

BOOK II (Psalms 42-72)

To the Director: An instruction[a] of the Sons of Korah.

Hope in God When Times of Trouble Come

42 As an antelope pants for streams of water,
    so my soul pants for you, God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
    When may I come and appear in God’s presence?
3 My tears have been my food day and night,
    while people[b] keep asking me all day long,
        “Where is your God?”

4 These things I will recall as I pour out my troubles[c] within me:
    I used to go with the crowd in a procession to the house of God,
        accompanied with shouts of joy and thanksgiving.

5 Why are you in despair, my soul?
    Why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God,
    for once again I will praise him,
        since his presence saves me.
6 My God, my soul feels depressed[d] within me;
    therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan,
from the heights of Hermon,
    even from the foothills.[e]
7 Deep waters call out to what is deeper still;[f]
    at the roar of your waterfalls
        all your breakers and your waves swirled over me.

8 By day the Lord will command his gracious love,
    and by night his song is with me—
        a prayer to the God of my life.
9 I will ask God, my Rock, “Why have you forsaken me?
    Why do I go around mourning under the enemy’s oppression?”
10 Like the shattering of my bones are the taunts of my oppressors,
    saying to me all day long,
        “Where is your God?”

11 Why are you in despair, my soul?
    Why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God,
    for once again I will praise him,
since his presence saves me
    and he is my God.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:1 Lit. maskil
  2. Psalm 42:3 The Heb. lacks people
  3. Psalm 42:4 Lit. soul
  4. Psalm 42:6 Lit. soul is bowed down
  5. Psalm 42:6 Or from Mount Mizar
  6. Psalm 42:7 Lit. Deep calls to deep
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