Psa PsalmsMazmur, psalmmazmur Book of PsalmsMazmur, psalmmazmur 42

BOOK II

Psalms 42–721Ch 6:22; 1Ch 9:19; 1Ch 26:1

As the Deer Pants for the Water

For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.(a)42:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm. Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142.

As the deer pants for streams of water,

so my soul longs after You, O God.

My soul thirsts for God, the living God.

When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?(b)42:2 Or and see the face of God?Psa 84:2

My tears have been my food

both day and night,

while men ask me all day long,

“Where is your God?”

These things come to mind as I pour out my soul:

how I walked with the multitude,

leading the festive procession to the house of God

with shouts of joy and praise.Job 30:16

Why are you downcast, O my soul?

Why the unease within me?

Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him

for the salvation of His presence.Psa 43:5

O my God, my soul despairs within me.

Therefore I remember You

from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon —

even from Mount Mizar.

Deep calls to deep

in the roar of Your waterfalls;

all Your breakers and waves

have rolled over me.Psa 69:2

The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day,

and at night His song is with me

as a prayer to the God of my life.Psa 119:62

I say to God my Rock,

“Why have You forgotten me?

Why must I walk in sorrow

because of the enemy’s oppression?”Psa 38:6

Like the crushing of my bones,

my enemies taunt me,

while they say to me all day long,

“Where is your God?”

Why are you downcast, O my soul?

Why the unease within me?

Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him,

my Savior and my God.Psa 43:5