BOOK 2
Psalm 42
For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by the sons of Korah.
1 As
the deer pants for
the water brooks,
so my soul pants after you, God.
2 My
soul thirsts for God,
for the living God.
When shall I come
and appear before God?
3 My tears
have been my food day
and night,
while they continually ask
me, “Where is
your God?”
4 These
things I remember,
and pour out
my soul within me,
how I used to
go with the crowd,
and led them
to God’s house,
with the voice
of joy and praise,
a multitude keeping a holy
day.
5 Why
are you in despair,
my soul?
Why are
you disturbed within
me?
Hope in God!
For I shall
still praise him
for the saving help
of his presence.
6 My God,
my soul is
in despair within
me.
Therefore I remember
you from the
land of the Jordan,
the heights of Hermon,
from the hill Mizar.
7 Deep calls
to deep at
the noise of
your waterfalls.
All your waves
and your billows
have swept over me.
8 GOD
will command
his loving kindness in
the daytime.
In the night
his song shall be
with me:
a prayer to
the God of my
life.
9 I
will ask God,
my rock, “Why have
you forgotten me?
Why do I
go mourning because
of the oppression
of the enemy?”
10 As with
a sword in
my bones, my adversaries reproach
me,
while they continually ask me, “Where
is your God?”
11 Why are
you in despair,
my soul?
Why are you disturbed within
me?
Hope in God! For
I shall still praise
him,
the saving help of
my countenance, and
my God.