☰ PSALMS 42
BOOK 2
42
Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile.
For the choir director. A AMaskil of the sons of Korah.
1 As the deer 1pants for the water brooks,
So my soul 1Apants for You, O God.
2 My soul Athirsts for God, for the Bliving God;
When shall I come and 1Cappear before God?
3 My Atears have been my food day and night,
While they Bsay to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
4  These things I remember and I Apour out my soul within me.
For I Bused to go along with the throng and 1lead them in procession to the house of God,
With the voice of Cjoy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.
 
5  AWhy are you 1Bin despair, O my soul?
And why have you become Cdisturbed within me?
2DHope in God, for I shall 3again praise 4Him
For the 5Ehelp of His presence.
6 O my God, my soul is 1in despair within me;
Therefore I Aremember You from Bthe land of the Jordan
And the 2peaks of CHermon, from Mount Mizar.
7  Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your Abreakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
8 The Loʀᴅ will Acommand His lovingkindness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me Bin the night,
A prayer to Cthe God of my life.
 
9 I will say to God Amy rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go Bmourning 1because of the Coppression of the enemy?”
10 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me,
While they Asay to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
11  AWhy are you 1in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
2Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him,
The 3help of my countenance and my God.
A 42: Possibly Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful Psalm 1 42:1 Lit longs for 1 42:1 Lit longs for A 42:1 Ps 119:131 A 42:2 Ps 63:1; 84:2; 143:6 B 42:2 Josh 3:10; Ps 84:2; Jer 10:10; Dan 6:26; Matt 26:63; Rom 9:26; 1 Thess 1:9 1 42:2 Some mss read see the face of God C 42:2 Ex 23:17; Ps 43:4; 84:7 A 42:3 Ps 80:5; 102:9 B 42:3 Ps 79:10; 115:2; Joel 2:17; Mic 7:10 A 42:4 1 Sam 1:15; Job 30:16; Ps 62:8; Lam 2:19 B 42:4 Ps 55:14; 122:1; Is 30:29 1 42:4 Or move slowly with them C 42:4 Ps 100:4 A 42:5 Ps 42:11; 43:5 1 42:5 Or sunk down B 42:5 Ps 38:6; Matt 26:38 C 42:5 Ps 77:3 2 42:5 Or Wait for D 42:5 Ps 71:14; Lam 3:24 3 42:5 Or still 4 42:5 Some ancient versions read Him, the help of my countenance and my God 5 42:5 Or saving acts of E 42:5 Ps 44:3 1 42:6 Or sunk down A 42:6 Ps 61:2 B 42:6 2 Sam 17:22 2 42:6 Lit Hermons C 42:6 Deut 3:8 A 42:7 Ps 69:1, 2; 88:7; Jon 2:3 A 42:8 Ps 57:3; 133:3 B 42:8 Job 35:10; Ps 16:7; 63:6; 77:6; 149:5 C 42:8 Eccl 5:18; 8:15 A 42:9 Ps 18:2 B 42:9 Ps 38:6 1 42:9 Or while the enemy oppresses C 42:9 Ps 17:9 A 42:10 Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17 A 42:11 Ps 42:5; 43:5 1 42:11 Or sunk down 2 42:11 Or Wait for 3 42:11 Or saving acts of
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