The Word Am I

The Book of Psalms

⭑ King James Version 1769 including Apocrypha ⭑

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- Chapter 42 -

As the deer cries for water

1
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.(a) (b)
2
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
3
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
4
When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
5
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.(c) (d) (e)
6
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.(f)
7
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
8
Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
9
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10
As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?(g)
11
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Footnotes

(a)42:1 Maschil…: or, A Psalm giving instruction of the sons, etc
(b)42:1 panteth: Heb. brayeth
(c)42:5 cast: Heb. bowed
(d)42:5 praise: or, give thanks
(e)42:5 for the…: or, his presence is salvation
(f)42:6 the hill…: or, the little hill
(g)42:10 sword: or, killing
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