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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 42 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/42.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/42-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Psalm 42</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/41.htm" title="Psalm 41">◄</a> Psalm 42 <a href="../psalms/43.htm" title="Psalm 43">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/psalms/42.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="ms1"><char style="sc">Book Two</char> (Psalms 42–72)</p><p class="d">For the choir director: A psalm<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> of the descendants of Korah.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/42-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>As the deer longs for streams of water,</p><p class="line2">so I long for you, O God.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/42-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I thirst for God, the living God.</p><p class="line2">When can I go and stand before him?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/42-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Day and night I have only tears for food,</p><p class="line2">while my enemies continually taunt me, saying,</p><p class="line2">“Where is this God of yours?”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/42-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>My heart is breaking</p><p class="line2">as I remember how it used to be:</p><p class="line1">I walked among the crowds of worshipers,</p><p class="line2">leading a great procession to the house of God,</p><p class="line1">singing for joy and giving thanks</p><p class="line2">amid the sound of a great celebration!</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/42-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Why am I discouraged?</p><p class="line2">Why is my heart so sad?</p><p class="line1">I will put my hope in God!</p><p class="line2">I will praise him again—</p><p class="line2">my Savior and <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/42-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>my God! </p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">Now I am deeply discouraged,</p><p class="line2">but I will remember you—</p><p class="line1">even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan,</p><p class="line2">from the land of Mount Mizar.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/42-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I hear the tumult of the raging seas</p><p class="line2">as your waves and surging tides sweep over me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/42-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But each day the LORD pours his unfailing love upon me,</p><p class="line2">and through each night I sing his songs,</p><p class="line2">praying to God who gives me life.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/42-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“O God my rock,” I cry,</p><p class="line2">“why have you forgotten me?</p><p class="line1">Why must I wander around in grief,</p><p class="line2">oppressed by my enemies?”</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/42-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Their taunts break my bones.</p><p class="line2">They scoff, “Where is this God of yours?”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/42-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Why am I discouraged?</p><p class="line2">Why is my heart so sad?</p><p class="line1">I will put my hope in God!</p><p class="line2">I will praise him again—</p><p class="line2">my Savior and my God!</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">42:TITLE </span><span class="ft"> Hebrew </span><span class="it">maskil.</span><span class="ft"> This may be a literary or musical term.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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