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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.

Topics: afflictions trials communion poetry intimacy purify waterfall fresh_water

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Scott_D - (eBible Novice) 10 months ago.

Movement is necessary to keep water fresh. The Psalmist compares his depression to billowing water. His says that his internal state can be compared to the chaos and noise of a waterfall. Think about how hard it is to hear someone when you are next to a roaring river. Sure it’s nice to paddle a canoe on a small calm pond, but navigating the rough rapids of a raging river is tough. However, with out movement water becomes stagnant. Fast moving water, water that is purified by constant pounding on rocks, is the freshest most satisfying water you can find. That’s just like life. If everything we always calm and never rough we would never grow, and our water would be stagnant. We need to chaos and the rapids every now and then to purify us and make us fresh. Movement is necessary to keep water fresh, and rapids are a necessary part of that movement.