Tehillim 42
42
(For the one directing, Maskil, for the Bnei Korach)
1 As the deer panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my nefesh after Thee, O Elohim.
2 My nefesh thirsteth for Elohim, for El Chai. When shall I come and appear before Elohim?#42:2 in the Beis Hamikdash
3 My tears have been my lechem yomam valailah, while they continually say unto me, Where is Eloheicha?
4 When I remember these things, I pour out my nefesh within me; for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the Beis Elohim with the voice of rinnah and todah, with the multitude keeping Chag (holy day, pilgrim feast).
5 Why art thou cast down, O my nefesh? And why groanest thou#42:5 i.e., murmuring in discouragement within me? Hope thou in#42:5 i.e., wait for Elohim; for I shall yet give Him thanks, for He is the yeshu'ah (salvation) of my countenance and Elohai.
6 My nefesh is cast down within me; therefore will I remember Thee from Eretz Yarden, and from Chermonʼs peaks, from Har Mitzar.#42:6 mountain near Mt Chermon
7 Tehom el Tehom ([oceanic] deep unto [oceanic] deep) calleth at the noise of Thy waterfalls; all Thy breakers and Thy billows are passed over me.
8 Yet Hashem will command His chesed by day, and in the night His shir (song) shall be with me, my tefillah (prayer) unto the El Chayyai (G-d of my life).
9 I will say unto El Sali (G-d my Rock), Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the oyev (enemy)?#42:9 Mt 27:46
10 As with the crushing of my atzamot (bones), mine tzorer (vexers, harassers) reproach me; while they say all day long unto me, Where is Eloheicha?
11 Why art thou cast down, O my nefesh? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in (wait for) Elohim; for I shall yet give Him thanks, for He is the yeshu'ah (salvation) of my countenance and Elohai.
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