PsalmsChapter 42

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¹For the music leader. A maskil of the sons of Korah.
A deer pants for streams of water.
In the same way, my soul longs for you, God.a ²My soul is thirsty for God, the living God.
When can I go and stand before God? ³My tears have been my food day and night.
All day long people ask me, "Where is your God?" ⁴I remember these things as I pour out my soul.
I walked with the crowd.
I led the happy parade to the house of God.
We shouted for joy and praised him. ⁵Why are you so sad, my soul?
Why are you so upset inside me?
Put your hope in God.
I will still praise him, because he is with me and saves me. ⁶My God, my soul is so sad inside me.
So I remember you from the land of the Jordan,
from the peaks of Hermon, even from Mount Mizar. ⁷Deep waters call to deep waters
in the roar of your waterfalls.
All your breaking waves have rolled over me. ⁸By day the LORD sends out his faithful love.
At night his song is with me.
It is a prayer to the God of my life. ⁹I say to God, my Rock,
"Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I walk around so sad?
Why must the enemy crush me?" ¹⁰My enemies make fun of me.
It feels like my bones are being crushed.
All day long they say to me, "Where is your God?" ¹¹Why are you so sad, my soul?
Why are you so upset inside me?
Put your hope in God.
I will still praise him, my Savior and my God.