Psalms 42

Psalm 42 ESV

1The Psalmist longeth after the service of God in the temple: 5he encourageth his dejected soul to trust in God.
To the choirmaster. A Maskila of 1the Sons of Korah.
1 1As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
2 1My soul thirsts for God, for 2the living God. When shall I come and 3appear before God?a
3 1My tears have been my food day and night, 2while they say to me all the day long, “Where is your God?”
4 These things I remember, as I 1pour out my soul: 2how I would go 3with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, 4a multitude keeping festival.
5 1Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you 2in turmoil within me? 3Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvationa
6 and my God. My soul is cast down within me; therefore I 1remember you 2from the land of Jordan and of 3Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; 1all your breakers and your 2waves have gone over me.
8 By day the Lord 1commands his steadfast love, and at 2night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
9 I say to God, 1my rock: “Why have you forgotten me? 2Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
10 As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, 1while they say to me all the day long, “Where is your God?”
11 1Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
Psalms 42

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