Psalm 42
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1As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God.1As an antelope pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, God.
2I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him?2My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When may I come and appear in God's presence?
3Day and night I have only tears for food, while my enemies continually taunt me, saying, “Where is this God of yours?”3My tears have been my food day and night, while people keep asking me all day long, "Where is your God?"
4My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid the sound of a great celebration!4These things I will recall as I pour out my troubles within me: I used to go with the crowd in a procession to the house of God, accompanied with shouts of joy and thanksgiving.
5Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and5Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for once again I will praise him, since his presence saves me.
6my God! Now I am deeply discouraged, but I will remember you— even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan, from the land of Mount Mizar.6My God, my soul feels depressed within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan, from the heights of Hermon, even from the foothills.
7I hear the tumult of the raging seas as your waves and surging tides sweep over me.7Deep waters call out to what is deeper still; at the roar of your waterfalls all your breakers and your waves swirled over me.
8But each day the LORD pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life.8By day the LORD will command his gracious love, and by night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
9“O God my rock,” I cry, “why have you forgotten me? Why must I wander around in grief, oppressed by my enemies?”9I will ask God, my Rock, "Why have you forsaken me? Why do I go around mourning under the enemy's oppression?"
10Their taunts break my bones. They scoff, “Where is this God of yours?”10Like the shattering of my bones are the taunts of my oppressors, saying to me all day long, "Where is your God?"
11Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God!11Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for once again I will praise him, since his presence saves me and he is my God.
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