Psalm 42–43

Psalm 42

For the Chief Musician. Maschil of the sons of Korah.

¹As the hart panteth after the water brooks,

So panteth my soul after thee, O God.

²My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:

When shall I come and appear before God?

³My tears have been my food day and night,

While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

⁴These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me,

How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God,

With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.

⁵Why art thou cast down, O my soul?

And why art thou disquieted within me?

Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him

For the help of his countenance.

⁶O my God, my soul is cast down within me:

Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan,

And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

⁷Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls:

All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

⁸Yet Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time;

And in the night his song shall be with me,

Even a prayer unto the God of my life.

⁹I will say unto God my rock,

Why hast thou forgotten me?

Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

¹⁰As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me,

While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

¹¹Why 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 help of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 43

¹Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation:

Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

²For thou art the God of my strength; why hast thou cast me off?

Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

³Oh send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me:

Let them bring me unto thy holy hill,

And to thy tabernacles.

⁴Then will I go unto the altar of God,

Unto God my exceeding joy;

And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.

⁵Why 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 help of my countenance, and my God.