Psalms 42
42
Wishing to Be Near God
For the director of music. A maskil of the sons of Korah.
1A deer thirsts for a stream of water.
In the same way, I thirst for you, God.
2I thirst for the living God.
When can I go to meet with him?
3Day and night, my tears have been my food.
People are always saying,
“Where is your God?”
4When I remember these things,
I speak with a broken heart.
I used to walk with the crowd.
I led the happy crowd to God’s Temple,
with songs of praise.
5Why am I so sad?
Why am I so upset?
I should put my hope in God.
I should keep praising him,
My Savior and 6my God.
I am very sad.
So I remember you while I am in the land where the Jordan River begins.
I will remember you while I am near the Hermon mountains
and on the mountain of Mizar.
7Troubles have come again and again.
They sound like waterfalls.
Your waves are crashing
all around me.
8The Lord shows his true love every day.
At night I have a song,
and I pray to my living God.
9I say to God, my Rock,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why am I sad
and troubled by my enemies?”
10My enemies’ insults make me feel
as if my bones were broken.
They are always saying,
“Where is your God?”
11Why am I so sad?
Why am I so upset?
I should put my hope in God.
I should keep praising him,
my Savior and my God.
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