Legacy Standard Bible

Psalms 42 - 43

BOOK 2

My Soul Thirsts for God

42
For the choir director. A 1Maskil of the sons of Korah.
As the deer 2pants for the water brooks,So my soul 3,apants for You, O God.
2My soul athirsts for God, for the bliving God;When shall I come and 1,cappear before God?3My atears have been my food day and night,While they bsay to me all day long, “Where is your God?”4These things I remember and I apour out my soul within me.For I bused to go along with the throng and 1lead them in procession to the house of God,With the sound of a cshout of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.5aWhy are you 1,bin despair, O my soul?And why are you cdisturbed within me?dWait for God, for I shall still praise Him,2For the 3,esalvation of His presence.6O my God, my soul is 1in despair within me;Therefore I aremember You from bthe land of the JordanAnd the 2peaks of cHermon, from Mount Mizar.7Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;All Your abreakers and Your waves have rolled over me.8By day, Yahweh will acommand His lovingkindness;And bby night, His song will be with me,A prayer to cthe God of my life.9I say to God amy rock, “Why have You forgotten me?Why do I go bmourning 1because of the coppression of the enemy?”10As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries reproach me,While they asay to me all day long, “Where is your God?”11aWhy are you 1in despair, O my soul?And why are you disturbed within me?Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him,The salvation of my presence and my God.

Send Out Your Light and Your Truth

43aGive justice to me, O God, and bplead my case against an unholy nation;1Oh protect me from cthe deceitful and unrighteous man!2For You are the aGod of my strength; why have You brejected me?Why do I go cmourning 1because of the oppression of the enemy?3Oh send out Your alight and Your truth, let them lead me;Let them bring me to Your bholy mountainAnd to Your cdwelling places.4Then I will go to athe altar of God,To God 1my exceeding bjoy;And upon the clyre I shall praise You, O God, my God.5aWhy are you 1in despair, O my soul?And why are you disturbed within me?Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him,The salvation of my presence and my God.