Psalm 42New King James Version
BOOK TWO
Psalms 42–72
Yearning for God in the Midst of Distresses
To the Chief Musician. A[a]Contemplation of the sons of Korah.
42 As the deer[b]pants for the water brooks,
So pants my soul for You, O God.
2 (A)My soul thirsts for God, for the(B)living God.
When shall I come and[c]appear before God?
3 (C)My tears have been my food day and night,
While they continually say to me,
(D)“Whereisyour God?”
4 When I remember thesethings,
(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.
5 (G)Why are you[d]cast down, O my soul?
Andwhyare you disquieted within me?
(H)Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him
[e]Forthe help of His countenance.
6 [f]O my God, my soul is cast down within me;
Therefore I will remember You from the land of the Jordan,
And from the heights of Hermon,
From[g]the Hill Mizar.
7 Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls;
(I)All Your waves and billows have gone over me.
8 TheLordwill(J)command His lovingkindness in the daytime,
And(K)in the night His songshall bewith me—
A prayer to the God of my life.
9 I will say to God my Rock,
(L)“Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
10 Aswith a[h]breaking of my bones,
My enemies[i]reproach me,
(M)While they say to me all day long,
“Whereisyour God?”
11 (N)Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God;
For I shall yet praise Him,
The[j]help of my countenance and my God.
Footnotes
- Psalm 42:1Heb.Maschil
- Psalm 42:1Lit.longs for
- Psalm 42:2So with MT, Vg.; some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Tg.I see the face of God
- Psalm 42:5Lit.bowed down
- Psalm 42:5So with MT, Tg.; a few Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg.The help of my countenance, my God
- Psalm 42:6So with MT, Tg.; a few Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg. putmy Godat the end of v.5
- Psalm 42:6OrMount
- Psalm 42:10Lit.shattering
- Psalm 42:10revile
- Psalm 42:11Lit.salvation
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