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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.

Young’s Literal Translation

Psalm 42 (YLT)

[1] As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God.
[2] My soul thirsted for God, for the living God, When do I enter and see the face of God?
[3] My tear hath been to me bread day and night, In their saying unto me all the day, ‘Where is thy God?’
[4] These I remember, and pour out my soul in me, For I pass over into the booth, I go softly with them unto the house of God, With the voice of singing and confession, The multitude keeping feast!
[5] What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance-My God!
[6] In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
[7] Deep unto deep is calling At the noise of Thy water-spouts, All Thy breakers and Thy billows passed over me.
[8] By day Jehovah commandeth His kindness, And by night a song is with me, A prayer to the God of my life.
[9] I say to God my rock, ‘Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning in the oppression of an enemy?
[10] With a sword in my bones Have mine adversaries reproached me, In their saying unto me all the day, ‘Where is thy God?’
[11] What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!