Psalm 42–43
(Psalms 42–72)
Psalm 42
For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.
1 As a deer longs for flowing streams,
so I long for you, God.w
2 I thirst for God, the living God.
When can I come and appear before God?x
3 My tears have been my food day and night,
while all day long people say to me,
“Where is your God?”y
4 I remember this as I pour out my heart:z
how I walked with many,
leading the festive procession to the house of God,
with joyful and thankful shouts.aa
5 Why, my soul, are you so dejected?
Why are you in such turmoil?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him,
my Savior and my God.ab
6 I* am deeply depressed;
therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan
and the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.ac
7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your breakers and your billows have swept over me.a
8 The Lord will send his faithful love by day;b
his song will be with me in the night—
a prayer to the God of my life.
9 I will say to God, my rock,c
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go about in sorrow
because of the enemy’s oppression?”d
as if crushing my bones,
while all day long they say to me,
“Where is your God?”e
11 Why, my soul, are you so dejected?
Why are you in such turmoil?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him,
my Savior and my God.f
Psalm 43 *
1 Vindicate me, God, and champion my cause
against an unfaithful nation;
rescue me from the deceitful and unjust person.g
2 For you are the God of my refuge.
Why have you rejected me?
Why must I go about in sorrow
because of the enemy’s oppression?h
3 Send your light and your truth; let them lead me.i
Let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to your dwelling place.j
4 Then I will come to the altar of God,
to God, my greatest joy.k
I will praise you with the lyre,
God, my God.l
5 Why, my soul, are you so dejected?
Why are you in such turmoil?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him,
my Savior and my God.m