Psalms 42
BOOK 2
Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile.
For the choir director. A ▼▼ Possibly Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful PsalmMaskil of the sons of Korah.
1 As the deer ▼▼ Lit longs for
pants for the water brooks,So my soul ▼
▼ Lit longs for
,
dpants for You, O God.2My soul ethirsts for God, for the fliving God;
When shall I come and ▼
▼ Some mss read see the face of God
,
happear before God?3My itears have been my food day and night,
While they jsay to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
4These things I remember and I kpour out my soul within me.
For I lused to go along with the throng and ▼
▼ Or move slowly with them
lead them in procession to the house of God,With the voice of njoy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.
5 oWhy are you ▼
▼ Or sunk down
,
qin despair, O my soul?And why have you become rdisturbed within me?
▼
▼ Or Wait for
,
tHope in God, for I shall ▼▼ Or still
again praise ▼▼ Some ancient versions read Him, the help of my countenance and my God
HimFor the ▼
▼ Or saving acts of
,
xhelp of His presence.6O my God, my soul is ▼
▼ Or sunk down
in despair within me;Therefore I zremember You from aathe land of the Jordan
And the ▼
▼ Lit Hermons
peaks of acHermon, from Mount Mizar.7Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your adbreakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
8The Lord will aecommand His lovingkindness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me afin the night,
A prayer to agthe God of my life.
9I will say to God ahmy rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go aimourning ▼
▼ Or while the enemy oppresses
because of the akoppression of the enemy?”10As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me,
While they alsay to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
11 amWhy are you ▼
▼ Or sunk down
in despair, O my soul?And why have you become disturbed within me?
▼
▼ Or Wait for
Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him,The ▼
▼ Or saving acts of
help of my countenance and my God.
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