Psalm 42 - NKJV Bible Online

Psalm 42

To the Chief Musician. A ¹Contemplation of the sons of Korah.

As the deer ²pants for the water brooks,

So pants my soul for You, O God.

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

When shall I come and ¹appear before God?

^aMy tears have been my food day and night,

While they continually say to me,

^b“Where is your God?”

When I remember these things,

^aI pour out my soul within me.

For I used to go with the multitude;

^bI went with them to the house of God,

With the voice of joy and praise,

With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast.

^aWhy are you ¹cast down, O my soul?

And why are you disquieted within me?

^bHope in God, for I shall yet praise Him

²For the help of His countenance.

¹O 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 ²the Hill Mizar.

Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls;

^aAll Your waves and billows have gone over me.

The Lord will ^acommand His lovingkindness in the daytime,

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

A prayer to the God of my life.

I will say to God my Rock,

^a“Why have You forgotten me?

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

As with a ¹breaking of my bones,

My enemies ²reproach me,

^aWhile they say to me all day long,

“Where is your God?”

^aWhy 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.