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A <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Maskil of the sons of Korah.</i></SS><CP><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>As the deer <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>pants for the water brooks, <p class="indent2">So my soul <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>pants for You, O God. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; <p class="indent2">When shall I come and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>appear before God? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>My tears have been my food day and night, <p class="indent2">While <i>they</i> say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me. <p class="indent2">For I used to go along with the throng <i>and</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>lead them in procession to the house of God, <p class="indent2">With the sound of a shout of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Why are you <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>in despair, O my soul? <p class="indent2">And <i>why</i> are you disturbed within me? <p class="indent2">Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him, <p class="indent2"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span><i>For</i> the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>salvation of His presence. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>O my God, my soul is <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>in despair within me; <p class="indent2">Therefore I remember You from the land of the Jordan <p class="indent2">And the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls; <p class="indent2">All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>By day, Yahweh will command His lovingkindness; <p class="indent2">And by night, His song will be with me, <p class="indent2">A prayer to the God of my life. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me? <p class="indent2">Why do I go mourning <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>because of the oppression of the enemy?” <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries reproach me, <p class="indent2">While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Why are you <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>in despair, O my soul? <p class="indent2">And why are you disturbed within me? <p class="indent2">Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him, <p class="indent2">The salvation of my presence and my God.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">Title</span> Possibly <i>Contemplative</i>, <i>Didactic</i>, <i>Skillful Psalm</i><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>longs</i><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>longs</i><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> Some mss <i>see the face of God</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Or <i>move slowly with them</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Or <i>sunk down</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Some ancient versions <i>The help of my countenance and my God</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Or <i>saving acts</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>sunk down</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>Hermons</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>while the enemy oppresses</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Or <i>sunk down</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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