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World English Bible

Psalm 42 (WEBP)

[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.

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

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 42 (KJVS)

[1] As the hart panteth () after the water brooks, So panteth () my soul after thee, O God.
[2] My soul thirsteth () for God, for the living God: When shall I come () and appear () before God?
[3] My tears have been my meat day and night, While they continually say () unto me, Where is thy God?
[4] When I remember () these things, I pour out () my soul in me: For I had gone () with the multitude, I went () with them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, With a multitude that kept holyday. ()
[5] Why art thou cast down, () O my soul? And why art thou disquieted () in me? Hope () thou in God: For I shall yet praise () him For the help of his countenance.
[6] O my God, my soul is cast down () within me: Therefore will I remember () thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
[7] Deep calleth () unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: All thy waves and thy billows are gone () over me.
[8] Yet the Lord will command () his lovingkindness in the daytime, And in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
[9] I will say () unto God my rock, why hast thou forgotten () me? Why go () I mourning () because of the oppression of the enemy? ()
[10] As with a sword in my bones, Mine enemies () reproach () me; While they say () daily unto me, Where is thy God?
[11] Why art thou cast down, () O my soul? And why art thou disquieted () within me? Hope () thou in God; For I shall yet praise () him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 42:1 Heb. brayeth
Psalm 42:5a Heb. bowed down
Psalm 42:5b Or, give thanks
Psalm 42:5c Or, his presence is salvation
Psalm 42:10 Or, killing

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 42 (BYZ)

[1] [41:1] εις το τελος εις συνεσιν τοις υιοις κορε [41:2] ον τροπον επιποθει η ελαφος επι τας πηγας των υδατων ουτως επιποθει η ψυχη μου προς σε ο θεος
[2] [41:3] εδιψησεν η ψυχη μου προς τον θεον τον ζωντα ποτε ηξω και οφθησομαι τω προσωπω του θεου
[3] [41:4] εγενηθη μοι τα δακρυα μου αρτος ημερας και νυκτος εν τω λεγεσθαι μοι καθ εκαστην ημεραν που εστιν ο θεος σου
[4] [41:5] ταυτα εμνησθην και εξεχεα επ εμε την ψυχην μου οτι διελευσομαι εν τοπω σκηνης θαυμαστης εως του οικου του θεου εν φωνη αγαλλιασεως και εξομολογησεως ηχου εορταζοντος
[5] [41:6] ινα τι περιλυπος ει ψυχη και ινα τι συνταρασσεις με ελπισον επι τον θεον οτι εξομολογησομαι αυτω σωτηριον του προσωπου μου ο θεος μου
[6] [41:7] προς εμαυτον η ψυχη μου εταραχθη δια τουτο μνησθησομαι σου εκ γης ιορδανου και ερμωνιιμ απο ορους μικρου
[7] [41:8] αβυσσος αβυσσον επικαλειται εις φωνην των καταρρακτων σου παντες οι μετεωρισμοι σου και τα κυματα σου επ εμε διηλθον
[8] [41:9] ημερας εντελειται κυριος το ελεος αυτου και νυκτος ωδη παρ εμοι προσευχη τω θεω της ζωης μου
[9] [41:10] ερω τω θεω αντιλημπτωρ μου ει δια τι μου επελαθου ινα τι σκυθρωπαζων πορευομαι εν τω εκθλιβειν τον εχθρον μου
[10] [41:11] εν τω καταθλασαι τα οστα μου ωνειδισαν με οι θλιβοντες με εν τω λεγειν αυτους μοι καθ εκαστην ημεραν που εστιν ο θεος σου
[11] [41:12] ινα τι περιλυπος ει ψυχη και ινα τι συνταρασσεις με ελπισον επι τον θεον οτι εξομολογησομαι αυτω η σωτηρια του προσωπου μου ο θεος μου

Scripture quotations from the 2018 Robinson-Pierpont edition of the Greek New Testament in the Original Greek, Byzantine Majority Text. It is in the public domain.