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Book Two Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul?
42 To the choirmaster. A Maskil(1) of the Sons of Korah.
As a deer pants for flowing streams,
so pants my soul for you, O God. 2My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?(1) 3My tears have been my food
day and night,
while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?” 4These things I remember,
as I pour out my soul:
how I would go with the throng
and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
a multitude keeping festival. 5Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation(1) 6and my God.
My soul is cast down within me;
therefore I remember you
from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
from Mount Mizar. 7Deep calls to deep
at the roar of your waterfalls;
all your breakers and your waves
have gone over me. 8By day the LORD commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life. 9I say to God, my rock:
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?” 10As with a deadly wound in my bones,
my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?” 11Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.
Psalm 42:1 - (1) 42:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 42:2 - (1) 42:2 Revocalization yields *and see the face of God*
Psalm 42:5 - (1) 42:5 Hebrew *the salvation of my face*; also verse 11 and 43:5
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Book Two Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul?
42 To the choirmaster. A Maskil(1) of the Sons of Korah.
As a deer pants for flowing streams,
so pants my soul for you, O God. 2My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?(1) 3My tears have been my food
day and night,
while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?” 4These things I remember,
as I pour out my soul:
how I would go with the throng
and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
a multitude keeping festival. 5Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation(1) 6and my God.
My soul is cast down within me;
therefore I remember you
from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
from Mount Mizar. 7Deep calls to deep
at the roar of your waterfalls;
all your breakers and your waves
have gone over me. 8By day the LORD commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life. 9I say to God, my rock:
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?” 10As with a deadly wound in my bones,
my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?” 11Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.
Psalm 42:1 - (1) 42:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 42:2 - (1) 42:2 Revocalization yields *and see the face of God*
Psalm 42:5 - (1) 42:5 Hebrew *the salvation of my face*; also verse 11 and 43:5