Psalm 42:title–10

Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile.

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

¹As the deer ¹pants for the water brooks,

So my soul ^apants 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 voice of ^cjoy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.

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

And why have you become ^cdisturbed within me?

^2dHope in God, for I shall ³again praise ⁴Him

For the ^5ehelp 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.

⁸The Lord will ^acommand His lovingkindness in the daytime;

And His song will be with me ^bin the night,

A prayer to ^cthe God of my life.

⁹I will 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 revile me,

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