Psalm 42

Revised Geneva Translation

42 As the deer brays for the rivers of water, so panted my soul after You, O God.

² My soul thirsts for God, even for the living God. When shall I come and appear before the presence of God?

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

⁴ When I remembered these things, I poured out my very heart; because I had gone with the multitude and led them into the House of God with the voice of singing and praise, as a multitude that keeps a feast.

⁵ Why are you cast down, my soul, and unquiet within me? Wait on God; for I will still give Him thanks for the help of His presence.

⁶ My God, my soul is cast down within me because I remembered You from the land of Jordan, and Hermon, and from the Mount Mizar.

⁷ One deep calls another deep by the noise of Your waterspouts. All Your waves and Your floods have gone over me.

⁸ The LORD will grant His lovingkindness in the day; and in the night shall I sing of Him 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 mourning when the enemy oppresses?”

¹⁰ As a sword shattering my bones, my enemies reproach me, saying daily to me, “Where is your God?”

¹¹ Why are you cast down, my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Wait on God. For I will yet give thanks to Him, to the Face of my Deliverer and my God.