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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] Εἰς () τὸ () τέλος· () εἰς () σύνεσιν () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Κορε. () Ὃν () τρόπον () ἐπιποθεῖ () ἡ () ἔλαφος ἐπὶ () τὰς () πηγὰς () τῶν () ὑδάτων, () οὕτως () ἐπιποθεῖ () ἡ () ψυχή () μου () πρὸς () σέ, () ὁ () θεός. ()
[2] Ἐδίψησεν () ἡ () ψυχή () μου () πρὸς () τὸν () θεὸν () τὸν () ζῶντα· () πότε () ἥξω () καὶ () ὀφθήσομαι () τῷ () προσώπῳ () τοῦ () θεοῦ; ()
[3] Ἐγενήθη () μοι () τὰ () δάκρυά μου () ἄρτος () ἡμέρας () καὶ () νυκτὸς () ἐν () τῷ () λέγεσθαί () μοι () καθ’ () ἑκάστην () ἡμέραν () Ποῦ () ἐστιν () ὁ () θεός () σου; ()
[4] Ταῦτα () ἐμνήσθην () καὶ () ἐξέχεα () ἐπ’ () ἐμὲ () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου, () ὅτι () διελεύσομαι () ἐν () τόπῳ () σκηνῆς () θαυμαστῆς () ἕως () τοῦ () οἴκου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἐν () φωνῇ () ἀγαλλιάσεως () καὶ () ἐξομολογήσεως ἤχου () ἑορτάζοντος. ()
[5] Ἵνα () τί () περίλυπος () εἶ, () ψυχή, () καὶ () ἵνα () τί () συνταράσσεις με; () Ἔλπισον () ἐπὶ () τὸν () θεόν, () ὅτι () ἐξομολογήσομαι () αὐτῷ· () σωτήριον () τοῦ () προσώπου () μου () ὁ () θεός () μου. ()
[6] Πρὸς () ἐμαυτὸν () ἡ () ψυχή () μου () ἐταράχθη· () διὰ () τοῦτο () μνησθήσομαί σου () ἐκ () γῆς () Ιορδάνου () καὶ () Ερμωνιιμ, ἀπὸ () ὄρους () μικροῦ. ()
[7] Ἄβυσσος () ἄβυσσον () ἐπικαλεῖται () εἰς () φωνὴν () τῶν () καταρρακτῶν σου, () πάντες () οἱ () μετεωρισμοί σου () καὶ () τὰ () κύματά () σου () ἐπ’ () ἐμὲ () διῆλθον. ()
[8] Ἡμέρας () ἐντελεῖται () κύριος () τὸ () ἔλεος () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () νυκτὸς () ᾠδὴ () παρ’ () ἐμοί, () προσευχὴ () τῷ () θεῷ () τῆς () ζωῆς () μου. ()
[9] Ἐρῶ () τῷ () θεῷ () Ἀντιλήμπτωρ μου () εἶ· () διὰ () τί () μου () ἐπελάθου; () Ἵνα () τί () σκυθρωπάζων πορεύομαι () ἐν () τῷ () ἐκθλίβειν τὸν () ἐχθρόν () μου; ()
[10] Ἐν () τῷ () καταθλάσαι τὰ () ὀστᾶ () μου () ὠνείδισάν () με () οἱ () θλίβοντές () με () ἐν () τῷ () λέγειν () αὐτούς () μοι () καθ’ () ἑκάστην () ἡμέραν () Ποῦ () ἐστιν () ὁ () θεός () σου; ()
[11] Ἵνα () τί () περίλυπος () εἶ, () ψυχή, () καὶ () ἵνα () τί () συνταράσσεις με; () Ἔλπισον () ἐπὶ () τὸν () θεόν, () ὅτι () ἐξομολογήσομαι () αὐτῷ· () ἡ () σωτηρία () τοῦ () προσώπου () μου () ὁ () θεός () μου. ()

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

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.