Psa PsalmsŽalmy, psalmžalm Book of PsalmsKniha žalmů, psalmžalm 42

(For the one directing, Maskil, for the Bnei Korach)1Ch 6:7; 1Ch 9:19; 1Ch 26:1

As the deer panteth after the water brooks,

so panteth my nefesh after Thee, O Elohim.

My nefesh thirsteth for Elohim,

for El Chai.

When shall I come and appear before Elohim?(a)42:3 in the Beis HamikdashPsa 84:3

My tears have been my lechem yomam valailah,

while they continually say unto me,

Where is Eloheicha?

When I remember these things,

I pour out my nefesh within me;

for I had gone with the multitude,

I went with them to the Beis Elohim

with the voice of rinnah and todah,

with the multitude keeping Chag (holy day, pilgrim feast).Job 30:16

Why art thou cast down, O my nefesh?

And why groanest thou(b)42:6 i.e., murmuring in discouragement within me?

Hope thou in(c)42:6 i.e., wait for Elohim; for I shall yet give Him thanks,

for He is the yeshu'ah (salvation) of my countenance and Elohai.Psa 43:5

My nefesh is cast down within me;

therefore will I remember Thee

from Eretz Yarden, and from Chermonʼs peaks,

from Har Mitzar.(d)42:7 mountain near Mt Chermon

Tehom el Tehom ([oceanic] deep unto [oceanic] deep) calleth

at the noise of Thy waterfalls;

all Thy breakers and Thy billows

are passed over me.Psa 69:3

Yet Hashem will command His chesed by day,

and in the night His shir (song) shall be with me,

my tefillah (prayer) unto the El Chayyai (G-d of my life).Psa 119:62

I will say unto El Sali (G-d my Rock),

Why hast Thou forgotten me?

Why go I mourning

because of the oppression of the oyev (enemy)?(e)42:10 Mt 27:46Psa 38:7

As with the crushing of my atzamot (bones),

mine tzorer (vexers, harassers) reproach me;

while they say all day long unto me,

Where is Eloheicha?

Why art thou cast down, O my nefesh?

And why art thou disquieted within me?

Hope thou in (wait for) Elohim;

for I shall yet give Him thanks,

for He is the yeshu'ah (salvation) of my countenance and Elohai.Psa 43:5