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A Maskil of the sons of Korah.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="#"><b>1</b></a></span>As the deer pants for streams of water, <p class="indent2"> so my soul longs after You, O God. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>My soul thirsts for God, the living God. <p class="indent2"> When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>My tears have been my food <p class="indent2"> both day and night, <p class="indent1"> while men ask me all day long, <p class="indent2">“Where is your God?” <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: <p class="indent2"> how I walked with the multitude, <p class="indent1"> leading the procession to the house of God <p class="indent2"> with shouts of joy and praise. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Why are you downcast, O my soul? <p class="indent2"> Why the unease within me? <p class="indent1"> Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him <p class="indent2"> for the salvation of His presence. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>O my God, my soul despairs within me. <p class="indent2"> Therefore I remember You <p class="indent1"> from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon—<p class="indent2"> even from Mount Mizar. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Deep calls to deep <p class="indent2"> in the roar of Your waterfalls; <p class="indent1"> all Your breakers and waves <p class="indent2"> have rolled over me. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, <p class="indent2"> and at night His song is with me <p class="indent2">as a prayer to the God of my life. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I say to God my Rock, <p class="indent2">“Why have You forgotten me? <p class="indent1"> Why must I walk in sorrow <p class="indent2"> because of the enemy’s oppression?” <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Like the crushing of my bones, <p class="indent2"> my enemies taunt me, <p class="indent1"> while they say to me all day long, <p class="indent2">“Where is your God?” <A name=""></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Why are you downcast, O my soul? <p class="indent2"> Why the unease within me? <p class="indent1"> Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, <p class="indent2"> my Savior and my God.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm. <i>Maskil</i><span class="thin"> </span> is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142.<br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>and see the face of God?</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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