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Book Two (Psalms 42–72)

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] Yahweh§ 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.

Footnotes

  1. § 42:1 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
  2. § 42:8 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
King James Version

To the chief Musician, H5329 Maschil, H4905 for the sons H1121 of Korah. H7141

[1] As the hart H354 panteth H6165§ after the water H4325 brooks, H650
So H3651 panteth H6165 my soul H5315 after thee, O God. H430
[2] My soul H5315 thirsteth H6770 for God, H430 for the living H2416 God: H410
When shall I come H935 and appear H7200 before H6440 God? H430
[3] My tears H1832 have been my meat H3899 day H3119 and night, H3915
While they continually H3117 say H559 unto me, Where is thy God? H430
[4] When I remember H2142 these things, I pour out H8210 my soul H5315 in me:
For I had gone H5674 with the multitude, H5519 I went H1718 with them to the house H1004 of God, H430
With the voice H6963 of joy H7440 and praise, H8426
With a multitude H1995 that kept holyday. H2287
[5] Why art thou cast down, H7817§ O my soul? H5315
And why art thou disquieted H1993 in me?
Hope H3176 thou in God: H430
For H3588 I shall yet praise H3034§ him For the help H3444 of his countenance. H6440§
[6] O my God, H430 my soul H5315 is cast down H7817 within me:
Therefore will I remember H2142 thee from the land H776 of Jordan, H3383 and of the Hermonites, H2769 from the hill H2022 Mizar. H4706
[7] Deep H8415 calleth H7121 unto H413 deep H8415 at the noise H6963 of thy waterspouts: H6794
All H3605 thy waves H4867 and thy billows H1530 are gone H5674 over me.
[8] Yet the Lord H3068 will command H6680 his lovingkindness H2617 in the daytime, H3119
And in the night H3915 his song H7892 shall be with me, and my prayer H8605 unto the God H410 of my life. H2416
[9] I will say H559 unto God H410 my rock, H5553 why hast thou forgotten H7911 me?
Why go H3212 I mourning H6937 because of the oppression H3906 of the enemy? H341
[10] As with a sword H7524§ in my bones, H6106
Mine enemies H6887 reproach H2778 me;
While they say H559 daily H3117 unto me,
Where is thy God? H430
[11] Why art thou cast down, H7817 O my soul? H5315
And why art thou disquieted H1993 within me?
Hope H3176 thou in God; H430
For H3588 I shall yet praise H3034 him, who is the health H3444 of my countenance, H6440 and my God. H430

Footnotes

  1. § 42:1 Heb. brayeth
  2. § 42:5a Heb. bowed down
  3. § 42:5b Or, give thanks
  4. § 42:5c Or, his presence is salvation
  5. § 42:10 Or, killing
Septuaginta
[1] ‡Εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 τέλος· G5056 εἰς G1519 σύνεσιν G4907 τοῖς G3588 υἱοῖς G5207 Κορε. G2879 Ὃν G3739 τρόπον G5158 ἐπιποθεῖ G1971 ἡ G3588 ἔλαφος ἐπὶ G1909 τὰς G3588 πηγὰς G4077 τῶν G3588 ὑδάτων, G5204 οὕτως G3779 ἐπιποθεῖ G1971 ἡ G3588 ψυχή G5590 μου G3450 πρὸς G4314 σέ, G4571 ὁ G3588 θεός. G2316 [2] ‡Ἐδίψησεν G1372 ἡ G3588 ψυχή G5590 μου G3450 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 θεὸν G2316 τὸν G3588 ζῶντα· G2198 πότε G4219 ἥξω G2240 καὶ G2532 ὀφθήσομαι G3700 τῷ G3588 προσώπῳ G4383 τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ; G2316 [3] ‡Ἐγενήθη G1096 μοι G3427 τὰ G3588 δάκρυά μου G3450 ἄρτος G740 ἡμέρας G2250 καὶ G2532 νυκτὸς G3571 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 λέγεσθαί G3004 μοι G3427 καθ’ G2596 ἑκάστην G1538 ἡμέραν G2250 Ποῦ G4226 ἐστιν G2076 ὁ G3588 θεός G2316 σου; G4675 [4] ‡Ταῦτα G5023 ἐμνήσθην G3415 καὶ G2532 ἐξέχεα G1632 ἐπ’ G1909 ἐμὲ G1691 τὴν G3588 ψυχήν G5590 μου, G3450 ὅτι G3754 διελεύσομαι G1330 ἐν G1722 τόπῳ G5117 σκηνῆς G4633 θαυμαστῆς G2298 ἕως G2193 τοῦ G3588 οἴκου G3624 τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ G2316 ἐν G1722 φωνῇ G5456 ἀγαλλιάσεως G20 καὶ G2532 ἐξομολογήσεως ἤχου G2279 ἑορτάζοντος. G1858 [5] ‡Ἵνα G2443 τί G5101 περίλυπος G4036 εἶ, G1488 ψυχή, G5590 καὶ G2532 ἵνα G2443 τί G5101 συνταράσσεις με; G3165 Ἔλπισον G1679 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸν G3588 θεόν, G2316 ὅτι G3754 ἐξομολογήσομαι G1843 αὐτῷ· G846 σωτήριον G4992 τοῦ G3588 προσώπου G4383 μου G3450 ὁ G3588 θεός G2316 μου. G3450 [6] ‡Πρὸς G4314 ἐμαυτὸν G1683 ἡ G3588 ψυχή G5590 μου G3450 ἐταράχθη· G5015 διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 μνησθήσομαί σου G4675 ἐκ G1537 γῆς G1093 Ιορδάνου G2446 καὶ G2532 Ερμωνιιμ, ἀπὸ G575 ὄρους G3735 μικροῦ. G3398 [7] ‡Ἄβυσσος G12 ἄβυσσον G12 ἐπικαλεῖται G1941 εἰς G1519 φωνὴν G5456 τῶν G3588 καταρρακτῶν σου, G4675 πάντες G3956 οἱ G3588 μετεωρισμοί σου G4675 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 κύματά G2949 σου G4675 ἐπ’ G1909 ἐμὲ G1691 διῆλθον. G1330 [8] ‡Ἡμέρας G2250 ἐντελεῖται G1781 κύριος G2962 τὸ G3588 ἔλεος G1656 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 νυκτὸς G3571 ᾠδὴ G5603 παρ’ G3844 ἐμοί, G1699 προσευχὴ G4335 τῷ G3588 θεῷ G2316 τῆς G3588 ζωῆς G2222 μου. G3450 [9] ‡Ἐρῶ G2046 τῷ G3588 θεῷ G2316 Ἀντιλήμπτωρ μου G3450 εἶ· G1488 διὰ G1223 τί G5101 μου G3450 ἐπελάθου; G1950 Ἵνα G2443 τί G5101 σκυθρωπάζων πορεύομαι G4198 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 ἐκθλίβειν τὸν G3588 ἐχθρόν G2190 μου; G3450 [10] ‡Ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 καταθλάσαι τὰ G3588 ὀστᾶ G3747 μου G3450 ὠνείδισάν G3679 με G3165 οἱ G3588 θλίβοντές G2346 με G3165 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 λέγειν G3004 αὐτούς G846 μοι G3427 καθ’ G2596 ἑκάστην G1538 ἡμέραν G2250 Ποῦ G4226 ἐστιν G2076 ὁ G3588 θεός G2316 σου; G4675 [11] ‡Ἵνα G2443 τί G5101 περίλυπος G4036 εἶ, G1488 ψυχή, G5590 καὶ G2532 ἵνα G2443 τί G5101 συνταράσσεις με; G3165 Ἔλπισον G1679 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸν G3588 θεόν, G2316 ὅτι G3754 ἐξομολογήσομαι G1843 αὐτῷ· G846 ἡ G3588 σωτηρία G4991 τοῦ G3588 προσώπου G4383 μου G3450 ὁ G3588 θεός G2316 μου. G3450
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 42:1 Originally verses 41:1–2.
  2. ‡ 42:2 Originally verse 41:3.
  3. ‡ 42:3 Originally verse 41:4.
  4. ‡ 42:4 Originally verse 41:5.
  5. ‡ 42:5 Originally verse 41:6.
  6. ‡ 42:6 Originally verse 41:7.
  7. ‡ 42:7 Originally verse 41:8.
  8. ‡ 42:8 Originally verse 41:9.
  9. ‡ 42:9 Originally verse 41:10.
  10. ‡ 42:10 Originally verse 41:11.
  11. ‡ 42:11 Originally verse 41:12.