Psalms 42
42
PSALM 42
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician,
Maschil, for the sons of Korah.
1Like as the hart for water-brooks
in thirst doth pant and bray;
So pants my longing soul, O God,
that come to thee I may.
2My soul for God, the living God,
doth thirst: when shall I near
Unto thy countenance approach,
and in God's sight appear?
3My tears have unto me been meat,
both in the night and day,
While unto me continually,
Where is thy God? they say.
4My soul is poured out in me,
when this I think upon;
Because that with the multitude
I heretofore had gone:
With them into God's house I went,
with voice of joy and praise;
Yea, with the multitude that kept
the solemn holy days.
5O why art thou cast down, my soul?
why in me so dismay'd?
Trust God, for I shall praise him yet,
his count'nance is mine aid.
6My God, my soul's cast down in me;
thee therefore mind I will
From Jordan's land, the Hermonites,
and ev'n from Mizar hill.
7At the noise of thy water-spouts
deep unto deep doth call;
Thy breaking waves pass over me,
yea, and thy billows all.
8His loving-kindness yet the Lord
command will in the day,
His song's with me by night; to God,
by whom I live, I'll pray:
9And I will say to God my rock,
Why me forgett'st thou so?
Why, for my foes' oppression,
thus mourning do I go?
10'Tis as a sword within my bones,
when my foes me upbraid;
Ev'n when by them, Where is thy God?
'tis daily to me said.
11O why art thou cast down, my soul?
why, thus with grief opprest,
Art thou disquieted in me?
in God still hope and rest:
For yet I know I shall him praise,
who graciously to me
The health is of my countenance,
yea, mine own God is he.
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Psalms 42
42
Hope in God in the Midst of Despair
For the music director. A maskil of the sons of Korah.#The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
1As a deer longs for streams of water,
so my soul longs for you, O God.
2My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?#Some Hebrew manuscripts and versions read “and see the face of God?”
3My tears have been my food day and night,
while they say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
4These I remember and I pour out my soul within me:
that I would go with the multitude;
I led them in procession to the house#Or “temple” of God,
with a voice of rejoicing and thanksgiving,
a crowd celebrating a festival.
5Why are you in despair,#Literally “bowed down” O my soul,
and disturbed within me?
Hope in God, because I will again praise him,
for the salvation of his presence.
6O my God, within me my soul is in despair;#Literally “bowed down”
therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan
and the heights of Hermon, from the mountain of Mizar.
7Deep is calling to deep
at#Or “to” the thunder of your waterfalls.
All your breakers and your waves
have passed over me.
8By day Yahweh commands his loyal love,
and in the night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.
9I say to God, my rock,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I walk about mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?”
10As with a shattering in my bones
my oppressors taunt me,
while they say to me all day,#Literally “all the day”
“Where is your God?”
11Why are you in despair,#Literally “bowed down” O my soul?
And why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God, because I shall again praise him,
my salvation#Literally “the salvation of my face” and my God.
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