BOOK 2
Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile.
For the music director. A [a]Maskil of the sons of Korah.
42 As the deer [b]pants for the water brooks,
So my soul [c](A)pants for You, God.
2 My soul (B)thirsts for God, for the (C)living God;
When shall I come and [d](D)appear before God?
3 My (E)tears have been my food day and night,
While they (F)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
4 I remember these things and (G)pour out my soul within me.
For I (H)used to go over with the multitude and walk them to the house of God,
With a voice of (I)joy and thanksgiving, a multitude celebrating a festival.
5 (J)Why are you [e](K)in despair, my soul?
And why are you (L)restless within me?
(M)Wait for God, for I will [f]again praise [g]Him
For the [h](N)help of His [i]presence, my God.
6 My soul is [j]in despair within me;
Therefore I (O)remember You from (P)the land of the Jordan
And the [k]peaks of (Q)Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your (R)breakers and Your waves have passed over me.
8 The Lord will (S)send His goodness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me (T)in the night,
A prayer to (U)the God of my life.
9 I will say to God (V)my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go about (W)mourning [l]because of the (X)oppression of the enemy?”
10 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries taunt me,
While they (Y)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
11 (Z)Why are you [m]in despair, my soul?
And why are you restless within me?
Wait for God, for I will again praise [n]Him
For the [o]help of His presence, my God.
Footnotes
- Psalm 42 Title Possibly Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm
- Psalm 42:1 Lit longs for
- Psalm 42:1 Lit longs for
- Psalm 42:2 Some mss see the face of God
- Psalm 42:5 Lit dissolved away
- Psalm 42:5 Or still
- Psalm 42:5 Some ancient versions Him, the help of my face and my God
- Psalm 42:5 Or saving acts of
- Psalm 42:5 Or presence. O my God, my soul...
- Psalm 42:6 Or dissolved away
- Psalm 42:6 Lit Hermons
- Psalm 42:9 Or while the enemy oppresses
- Psalm 42:11 Or dissolved away
- Psalm 42:11 As in some ancient mss, cf. v 5; MT Him, the help of my face and my God
- Psalm 42:11 Or saving acts of
Cross references
- Psalm 42:1 : Ps 119:131
- Psalm 42:2 : Ps 63:1; 84:2; 143:6
- Psalm 42:2 : Josh 3:10; Ps 84:2; Jer 10:10; Dan 6:26; Matt 26:63; Rom 9:26; 1 Thess 1:9
- Psalm 42:2 : Ex 23:17; Ps 43:4; 84:7
- Psalm 42:3 : Ps 80:5; 102:9
- Psalm 42:3 : Ps 79:10; 115:2; Joel 2:17; Mic 7:10
- Psalm 42:4 : 1 Sam 1:15; Job 30:16; Ps 62:8; Lam 2:19
- Psalm 42:4 : Ps 55:14; 122:1; Is 30:29
- Psalm 42:4 : Ps 100:4
- Psalm 42:5 : Ps 42:11; 43:5
- Psalm 42:5 : Ps 38:6; Matt 26:38
- Psalm 42:5 : Ps 77:3
- Psalm 42:5 : Ps 71:14; Lam 3:24
- Psalm 42:5 : Ps 44:3
- Psalm 42:6 : Ps 61:2
- Psalm 42:6 : 2 Sam 17:22
- Psalm 42:6 : Deut 3:8
- Psalm 42:7 : Ps 69:1, 2; 88:7; Jon 2:3
- Psalm 42:8 : Ps 57:3; 133:3
- Psalm 42:8 : Job 35:10; Ps 16:7; 63:6; 77:6; 149:5
- Psalm 42:8 : Eccl 5:18; 8:15
- Psalm 42:9 : Ps 18:2
- Psalm 42:9 : Ps 38:6
- Psalm 42:9 : Ps 17:9
- Psalm 42:10 : Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17
- Psalm 42:11 : Ps 42:5; 43:5