BOOK 2
Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile.
For the music director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.
42 As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So my soul (A)pants for You, God.
2 My soul (B)thirsts for God, for the (C)living God;
When shall I come and (D)appear before God?
3 My (E)tears have been my food day and night,
While they (F)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
4 I remember these things and (G)pour out my soul within me.
For I (H)used to go over with the multitude and walk them to the house of God,
With a voice of (I)joy and thanksgiving, a multitude celebrating a festival.
5 (J)Why are you (K)in despair, my soul?
And why are you (L)restless within me?
(M)Wait for God, for I will again praise Him
For the (N)help of His presence, my God.
6 My soul is in despair within me;
Therefore I (O)remember You from (P)the land of the Jordan
And the peaks of (Q)Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your (R)breakers and Your waves have passed over me.
8 The Lord will (S)send His goodness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me (T)in the night,
A prayer to (U)the God of my life.
9 I will say to God (V)my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go about (W)mourning because of the (X)oppression of the enemy?”
10 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries taunt me,
While they (Y)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
11 (Z)Why are you in despair, my soul?
And why are you restless within me?
Wait for God, for I will again praise Him
For the help of His presence, my God.
Footnotes
- Psalm 42 Title
- Psalm 42:1
- Psalm 42:1
- Psalm 42:2
- Psalm 42:5
- Psalm 42:5
- Psalm 42:5
- Psalm 42:5
- Psalm 42:5
- Psalm 42:6
- Psalm 42:6
- Psalm 42:9
- Psalm 42:11
- Psalm 42:11
- Psalm 42:11
Cross references
- Psalm 42:1 : Ps 119:131
- Psalm 42:2 : Ps 63:1; 84:2; 143:6
- Psalm 42:2 : Josh 3:10; Ps 84:2; Jer 10:10; Dan 6:26; Matt 26:63; Rom 9:26; 1 Thess 1:9
- Psalm 42:2 : Ex 23:17; Ps 43:4; 84:7
- Psalm 42:3 : Ps 80:5; 102:9
- Psalm 42:3 : Ps 79:10; 115:2; Joel 2:17; Mic 7:10
- Psalm 42:4 : 1 Sam 1:15; Job 30:16; Ps 62:8; Lam 2:19
- Psalm 42:4 : Ps 55:14; 122:1; Is 30:29
- Psalm 42:4 : Ps 100:4
- Psalm 42:5 : Ps 42:11; 43:5
- Psalm 42:5 : Ps 38:6; Matt 26:38
- Psalm 42:5 : Ps 77:3
- Psalm 42:5 : Ps 71:14; Lam 3:24
- Psalm 42:5 : Ps 44:3
- Psalm 42:6 : Ps 61:2
- Psalm 42:6 : 2 Sam 17:22
- Psalm 42:6 : Deut 3:8
- Psalm 42:7 : Ps 69:1, 2; 88:7; Jon 2:3
- Psalm 42:8 : Ps 57:3; 133:3
- Psalm 42:8 : Job 35:10; Ps 16:7; 63:6; 77:6; 149:5
- Psalm 42:8 : Eccl 5:18; 8:15
- Psalm 42:9 : Ps 18:2
- Psalm 42:9 : Ps 38:6
- Psalm 42:9 : Ps 17:9
- Psalm 42:10 : Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17
- Psalm 42:11 : Ps 42:5; 43:5
