Psalm 42–43

BOOK II

Psalms 42–72

Psalm 42^a,^b

For the director of music. A maskil^c of the Sons of Korah.

¹As the deer^f pants for streams of water,^g

so my soul pants^h for you, my God.

²My soul thirstsⁱ for God, for the living God.^j

When can I go^k and meet with God?

³My tears^l have been my food

day and night,

while people say to me all day long,

“Where is your God?”^m

⁴These things I remember

as I pour out my soul:ⁿ

how I used to go to the house of God^o

under the protection of the Mighty One^d

with shouts of joy^p and praise^q

among the festive throng.^r

⁵Why, my soul, are you downcast?^s

Why so disturbed^t within me?

Put your hope in God,^u

for I will yet praise^v him,

my Savior^w and my God.^x

⁶My soul is downcast within me;

therefore I will remember^y you

from the land of the Jordan,^z

the heights of Hermon^a—from Mount Mizar.

⁷Deep calls to deep^b

in the roar of your waterfalls;

all your waves and breakers

have swept over me.^c

⁸By day the Lord directs his love,^d

at night^e his song^f is with me—

a prayer to the God of my life.^g

⁹I say to God my Rock,^h

“Why have you forgottenⁱ me?

Why must I go about mourning,^j

oppressed^k by the enemy?”^l

¹⁰My bones suffer mortal agony^m

as my foes tauntⁿ me,

saying to me all day long,

“Where is your God?”^o

¹¹Why, my soul, are you downcast?

Why so disturbed within me?

Put your hope in God,

for I will yet praise him,

my Savior and my God.^p

Psalm 43^a

¹Vindicate me, my God,

and plead my cause^q

against an unfaithful nation.

Rescue me^r from those who are

deceitful and wicked.^s

²You are God my stronghold.

Why have you rejected^t me?

Why must I go about mourning,^u

oppressed by the enemy?^v

³Send me your light^w and your faithful care,^x

let them lead me;^y

let them bring me to your holy mountain,^z

to the place where you dwell.^a

⁴Then I will go^b to the altar^c of God,

to God, my joy^d and my delight.^e

I will praise you with the lyre,^f

O God, my God.

⁵Why, my soul, are you downcast?

Why so disturbed within me?

Put your hope in God,

for I will yet praise him,

my Savior and my God.^g