Salmos 42

Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile.

For the music director. A #42:0 Possibly Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful PsalmMaskil of the sons of Korah.

1 As the deer *42:1 Lit longs forpants for the water brooks,

So my soul *42:1 Lit longs forpants for You, God.

2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God;

When shall I come and *42:2 Some mss see the face of Godappear before God?

3 My tears have been my food day and night,

While they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

4 I remember these things and pour out my soul within me.

For I used to go over with the multitude and walk them to the house of God,

With a voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude celebrating a festival.

5 Why are you *42:5 Lit dissolved awayin despair, my soul?

And why are you restless within me?

Wait for God, for I will *42:5 Or stillagain praise *42:5 Some ancient versions Him, the help of my face and my GodHim

For the *42:5 Or saving acts ofhelp of His *42:5 Or presence. O my God, my soul...presence, my God.

6 My soul is *42:6 Or dissolved awayin despair within me;

Therefore I remember You from the land of the Jordan

And the *42:6 Lit Hermonspeaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;

All Your breakers and Your waves have passed over me.

8 The Lord will send His goodness in the daytime;

And His song will be with me in the night,

A prayer to the God of my life.

9 I will say to God my rock, "Why have You forgotten me?

Why do I go about mourning *42:9 Or while the enemy oppressesbecause of the oppression of the enemy?"

10 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries taunt me,

While they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

11 Why are you *42:11 Or dissolved awayin despair, my soul?

And why are you restless within me?

Wait for God, for I will again praise *42:11 As in some ancient mss, cf. v 5; MT Him, the help of my face and my GodHim

For the *42:11 Or saving acts ofhelp of His presence, my God.