Psalm 42–43

BOOK 2

PSALM 42

My Soul Thirsts for God

For the choir director. A ^†Maskil of the sons of Korah.

¹As the deer ¹pants for the water brooks,

So my soul ^2apants for You, O God.

²My soul ^athirsts for God, for the ^bliving God;

When shall I come and ^1cappear before God?

³My ^atears have been my food day and night,

While they ^bsay to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

⁴These things I remember and I ^apour out my soul within me.

For I ^bused to go along with the throng and ¹lead them in procession to the house of God,

With the sound of a ^cshout of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.

^5aWhy are you ^1bin despair, O my soul?

And why are you ^cdisturbed within me?

^dWait for God, for I shall still praise Him,

²For the ^3esalvation of His presence.

⁶O my God, my soul is ¹in despair within me;

Therefore I ^aremember You from ^bthe land of the Jordan

And the ²peaks of ^cHermon, from Mount Mizar.

⁷Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;

All Your ^abreakers and Your waves have rolled over me.

⁸By day, Yahweh will ^acommand His lovingkindness;

And ^bby night, His song will be with me,

A prayer to ^cthe God of my life.

⁹I say to God ^amy rock, “Why have You forgotten me?

Why do I go ^bmourning ¹because of the ^coppression of the enemy?”

¹⁰As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries reproach me,

While they ^asay to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

^11aWhy are you ¹in despair, O my soul?

And why are you disturbed within me?

Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him,

The salvation of my presence and my God.

PSALM 43

Send Out Your Light and Your Truth

^1aGive justice to me, O God, and ^bplead my case against an unholy nation;

¹Oh protect me from ^cthe deceitful and unrighteous man!

²For You are the ^aGod of my strength; why have You ^brejected me?

Why do I go ^cmourning ¹because of the oppression of the enemy?

³Oh send out Your ^alight and Your truth, let them lead me;

Let them bring me to Your ^bholy mountain

And to Your ^cdwelling places.

⁴Then I will go to ^athe altar of God,

To God ¹my exceeding ^bjoy;

And upon the ^clyre I shall praise You, O God, my God.

^5aWhy are you ¹in despair, O my soul?

And why are you disturbed within me?

Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him,

The salvation of my presence and my God.