Psa 42 | ASV | e4.org | For the Chief Musician. Maschil of the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.

‏ Psalms 42

1 For the Chief Musician. Maschil of the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my food day and night, While they ^▼▼1 continually say unto me, Where is thy God? ^{▼▼1) Heb all the day} 4 These things I remember, and pour out my soul ^▼▼1 within me, How I went with the throng, and ^▼▼2 led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday. ^{▼▼1) Heb upon 2) Or went in procession with them} 5 Why art thou ^▼▼1 cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him For the help of his countenance. ^{▼▼1) Heb bowed down}

6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from ^▼▼1 the hill Mizar. ^{▼▼1) Or the little mountain} 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 8 Yet Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, Even a prayer unto the God of my life. 9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning ^▼▼1 because of the oppression of the enemy? ^{▼▼1) Or while the enemy oppresseth} 10 As with ^▼▼1 a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? ^{▼▼1) Or crushing} 11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, Who is the help of my countenance, and my God.