{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":42,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/41","next":"psalms/43","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.","f":["In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm. Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 As the deer pants for streams of water,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so my soul longs after You, O God."}],"h":"BOOK II Psalms 42–72 As the Deer Pants for the Water","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?","f":["Or and see the face of God?"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My soul thirsts for God, the living God."},{"style":"indent2","t":"When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"My tears have been my food [both] day and night, while men ask me all day long,“ Where is your God?”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My tears have been my food"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[both] day and night,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"while men ask me all day long,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Where is your God?”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"These things come to mind as I pour out my soul:"},{"style":"indent2","t":"how I walked with the multitude,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"leading the festive procession to the house of God"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with shouts of joy and praise."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Why are you downcast, O my soul?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Why the unease within me?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the salvation of His presence."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon — [even] from Mount Mizar.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"O my God, my soul despairs within me."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Therefore I remember You"},{"style":"indent1","t":"from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[even] from Mount Mizar."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Deep calls to deep"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the roar of Your waterfalls;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"all Your breakers and waves"},{"style":"indent2","t":"have rolled over me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me [as] a prayer to the God of my life.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and at night His song is with me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[as] a prayer to the God of my life."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"I say to God my Rock,“ Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I say to God my Rock,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Why have You forgotten me?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Why must I walk in sorrow"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because of the enemy’s oppression?”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long,“ Where is your God?”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Like the crushing of my bones,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my enemies taunt me,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"while they say to me all day long,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Where is your God?”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Why are you downcast, O my soul?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Why the unease within me?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my Savior and my God."}],"style":"indent1stline"}],"superscription":"For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah."}