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A skillful song, <i>or</i> a didactic <i>or</i> reflective poem, of the sons of Korah.</p><p class="psstart"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>As the deer pants [longingly] for the water brooks, <t><p class="indent1">So my <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>soul pants [longingly] for You, O God. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>My soul (my life, my inner self) thirsts for God, for the living God. <t><p class="indent1">When will I come and see the face of God? <poetry><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, <t><p class="indent1">While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>These things I [vividly] remember as I pour out my soul; <t><p class="indent1">How I used to go along before the great crowd of people and lead them in procession to the house of God [like a choirmaster before his singers, timing the steps to the music and the chant of the song], <t><p class="indent1">With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a great crowd keeping a festival. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Why are you in despair, O my soul? <t><p class="indent1">And why have you become restless <i>and</i> disturbed within me? <t><p class="indent1">Hope in God <i>and</i> wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him <t><p class="indent1">For the help of His presence. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>O my God, my soul is in despair within me [the burden more than I can bear]; <t><p class="indent1">Therefore I will [fervently] remember You from the land of the Jordan <t><p class="indent1">And the peaks of [Mount] Hermon, from Mount Mizar. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Deep calls to deep at the [thundering] sound of Your waterfalls; <t><p class="indent1">All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Yet the LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, <t><p class="indent1">And in the night His song will be with me, <t><p class="indent1">A prayer to the God of my life. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me? <t><p class="indent1">Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?” <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>As a crushing of my bones [with a sword], my adversaries taunt me, <t><p class="indent1">While they say continually to me, “Where is your God?” <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Why are you in despair, O my soul? <t><p class="indent1">Why have you become restless <i>and</i> disquieted within me? <t><p class="indent1">Hope in God <i>and</i> wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, <t><p class="indent1">The <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>help of my countenance and my God.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> The Hebrew word translated “soul” in this psalm and elsewhere in the book of Psalms is <i>nephesh.</i> This word usually refers to a person’s “life” or “self,” but can also mean “throat,” as perhaps in vv 1, 2.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Or <i>saving acts of</i>.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/41.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 41"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 41" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/43.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 43"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 43" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>