Psalms 42
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For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by the sons of Korah.
1 As the deer pants for the water brooks,
so my soul pants after you, Elohim.*The Hebrew word rendered �Elohim� is �?????????� (Elohim).
2 My soul thirsts for Elohim, for the living Elohim.
When shall I come and appear before Elohim?
3 My tears have been my food day and night,
while they continually ask me, �Where is your Elohim?�
4 These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me,
how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to Elohim�s house,
with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.
5 Why are you in despair, my soul?
Why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in Elohim!
For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.
6 My Elohim, my soul is in despair within me.
Therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan,
the heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls.
All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
8 Yehowah��Yehowah� is Elohim�s proper Name, sometimes rendered �Yehowah� (all caps) in other translations. will command his loving kindness in the daytime.
In the night his song shall be with me:
a prayer to the Elohim of my life.
9 I will ask Elohim, my rock, �Why have you forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?�
10 As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me,
while they continually ask me, �Where is your Elohim?�
11 Why are you in despair, my soul?
Why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in Elohim! For I shall still praise him,
the saving help of my countenance, and my Elohim.
*42:1: The Hebrew word rendered �Elohim� is �?????????� (Elohim).
�42:8: �Yehowah� is Elohim�s proper Name, sometimes rendered �Yehowah� (all caps) in other translations.