Psalm 42 (New American Standard)
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Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile.
1 As the deer a pants for the water brooks, So my soul b1pants for You, O God. 2 My soul 2thirsts for God, for the 3living God ; When shall I come and c4appear before God ? 3 My 5tears have been my food day and night, While they 6say to me all day long, "Where is your God ?" 4 These things I remember and I 7pour out my soul within me. For I 8used to go along with the throng and dlead them in procession to the house of God, With the voice of 9joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival. 5 10Why are you e11in despair, O my soul ? And why have you become 12disturbed within me? f13Hope in God, for I shall gagain praise hHim For the i14help of His presence. 6 O my God, my soul is jin despair within me; Therefore I 15remember You from 16the land of the Jordan And the kpeaks of 17Hermon, from Mount Mizar. 7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls ; All Your 18breakers and Your waves have rolled over me. 8 The LORD will 19command His lovingkindness in the daytime ; And His song will be with me 20in the night, A prayer to 21the God of my life. 9 I will say to God 22my rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go 23mourning lbecause of the 24oppression of the enemy ?" 10 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me, While they 25say to me all day long, "Where is your God ?" 11 26Why are you min despair, O my soul ? And why have you become disturbed within me? nHope in God, for I shall yet praise Him, The ohelp of my countenance and my God.New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, California. All rights reserved. (New American Standard Version - Holy Bible)
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