Psalm 42–43

Book Two: Psalms 42–72

Psalm 42

To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of the Sons of Korah.

¹As the deer ²pants for the water brooks,

So pants my soul for You, O God.

^2aMy soul thirsts for God, for the ^bliving God.

When shall I come and ³appear before God?

^3cMy tears have been my food day and night,

While they continually say to me,

^d“Where is your God?”

⁴When I remember these things,

^eI pour out my soul within me.

For I used to go with the multitude;

^fI went with them to the house of God,

With the voice of joy and praise,

With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast.

^5gWhy are you ⁴cast down, O my soul?

And why are you disquieted within me?

^hHope in God, for I shall yet praise Him

⁵For the help of His countenance.

⁶⁶O my God, my soul is cast down within me;

Therefore I will remember You from the land of the Jordan,

And from the heights of Hermon,

From ⁷the Hill Mizar.

⁷Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls;

ⁱAll Your waves and billows have gone over me.

⁸The Lord will ^jcommand His lovingkindness in the daytime,

And ^kin the night His song shall be with me—

A prayer to the God of my life.

⁹I will say to God my Rock,

^l“Why have You forgotten me?

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

¹⁰As with a ⁸breaking of my bones,

My enemies ⁹reproach me,

^mWhile they say to me all day long,

“Where is your God?”

¹¹ⁿWhy are you cast down, O my soul?

And why are you disquieted within me?

Hope in God;

For I shall yet praise Him,

The ¹help of my countenance and my God.

Psalm 43

¹Vindicate ^ame, O God,

And ^bplead my cause against an ungodly nation;

Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!

²For You are the God of my strength;

Why do You cast me off?

^cWhy do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

^3dOh, send out Your light and Your truth!

Let them lead me;

Let them bring me to ^eYour holy hill

And to Your ¹tabernacle.

⁴Then I will go to the altar of God,

To God my exceeding joy;

And on the harp I will praise You,

O God, my God.

^5fWhy are you cast down, O my soul?

And why are you disquieted within me?

Hope in God;

For I shall yet praise Him,

The ²help of my countenance and my God.