Psalms 42
Book 2
(Psalms 42-72)
Psalm 421
For the music director; a well-written song2 by the Korahites.
42:1 As a deer3 longs4 for streams of water,
so I long5 for you, O God!
42:2 I thirst6 for God,
for the living God.
I say,7 “When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?”8
42:3 I cannot eat, I weep day and night;9
all day long they say to me,10 “Where is your God?”
42:4 I will remember and weep!11
For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God,
shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.12
42:5 Why are you depressed,13 O my soul?14
Why are you upset?15
Wait for God!
For I will again give thanks
to my God for his saving intervention.16
42:6 I am depressed,17
so I will pray to you while I am trapped here in the region of the upper Jordan,18
from Hermon,19 from Mount Mizar.20
42:7 One deep stream calls out to another21 at the sound of your waterfalls;22
all your billows and waves overwhelm me.23
42:8 By day the Lord decrees his loyal love,24
and by night he gives me a song,25
a prayer26 to the living God.
42:9 I will pray27 to God, my high ridge:28
“Why do you ignore29 me?
Why must I walk around mourning30
because my enemies oppress me?”
42:10 My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone,31
as they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”32
42:11 Why are you depressed,33 O my soul?34
Why are you upset?35
Wait for God!
For I will again give thanks
to my God for his saving intervention.36