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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 JPS Tanakh 1917</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/jps/psalms/42.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">JPS Tanakh 1917</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">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><div align="center"><p class="acrostic">ספר שני<br>BOOK II</p></div><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>For the Leader; Maschil of the sons of Korah.<p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext">2</span>As the hart panteth after the water brooks,</div><div class="po2">So panteth my soul after Thee, O God.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-2.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:</div><div class="po2">‘When shall I come and appear before God?’</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-3.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>My tears have been my food day and night,</div><div class="po2">While they say unto me all the day: ‘Where is Thy God?’</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-4.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I passed on with the throng, and led them to the house of God,</div><div class="po2">With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-5.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Why art thou cast down, O my soul?</div><div class="po2">And why moanest thou within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise Him</div><div class="po2">For the salvation of His countenance.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-6.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>O my God, my soul is cast down within me;</div><div class="po2">Therefore do I remember Thee from the land of Jordan,</div><div class="po2">And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-7.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Deep calleth unto deep at the voice of Thy cataracts;</div><div class="po2">All Thy waves and Thy billows are gone over me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-8.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>By day the LORD will command His lovingkindness,</div><div class="po2">And in the night His song shall be with me,</div><div class="po2">Even a prayer unto the God of my life.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-9.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I will say unto God my Rock: ‘Why hast Thou forgotten me?</div><div class="po2">Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?’</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-10.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>As with a crushing in my bones, mine adversaries taunt me;</div><div class="po2">While they say unto me all the day: ‘Where is Thy God?’</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/42-11.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Why art thou cast down, O my soul?</div><div class="po2">And why moanest thou within me?</div><div class="po2">Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise Him,</div><div class="po2">The salvation of my countenance, and my God.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></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 id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/psalms/42-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>