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BOOK II

Psalms 42-72

Psalm 42

In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.

For the director of music. A maskilTitle: Probably a literary or musical term of the Sons of Korah.

1As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, O God.

2My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?

3My tears have been my food
day and night,
while men say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”

4These things I remember
as I pour out my soul:
how I used to go with the multitude,
leading the procession to the house of God,
with shouts of joy and thanksgiving
among the festive throng.

5Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and6my God.
MyA few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts praise him for his saving help. / 6 O my God, my soul is downcast within me;
therefore I will remember you
from the land of the Jordan,
the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar.

7Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.

8By day the LORD directs his love,
at night his song is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life.

9I say to God my Rock,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go about mourning,
oppressed by the enemy?”

10My bones suffer mortal agony
as my foes taunt me,
saying to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”

11Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

Psalm 43

In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.1Vindicate me, O God,
and plead my cause against an ungodly nation;
rescue me from deceitful and wicked men.

2You are God my stronghold.
Why have you rejected me?
Why must I go about mourning,
oppressed by the enemy?

3Send forth your light and your truth,
let them guide me;
let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to the place where you dwell.

4Then will I go to the altar of God,
to God, my joy and my delight.
I will praise you with the harp,
O God, my God.

5Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

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Scott_D - (eBible Novice) 10 months ago.

The Psalmist ends on a high note. There is no reason to be sad – God is our hope. As a matter of fact the Psalmist says that when he has hope in God, he smiles! That should be the hallmark of every Christian – a great smile. And how do you get that? You only get one by drinking the Living Water, by looking to God and not the world when the hurts and tears come, and you ride the rapids of life to be more pure. Hope in God

Lawrence999 - (eBible Scholar) 8 months ago.

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Carla - (eBible Novice) 9 months ago.

I constantly have to be reminded to relie and trust in my Lord. Father, do not weary of me and my insecurities, and continue to remind me that you are always there, even when it feels no one is left to stand with me.