Psalms 42 - 44 — Legacy Standard Bible

BOOK 2

My Soul Thirsts for God

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.⁵^aWhy 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?”¹¹^aWhy 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

43^aGive 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.⁵^aWhy 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.

Rise Up, Be Our Help

For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. A ¹Maskil.

O God, we have heard with our ears,Our ^afathers have recounted to usThe ^bwork that You did in their days,In the ^cdays of old.²You with Your own hand ^adispossessed the nations;Then You ^bplanted them;You ^cafflicted the peoples,Then You ^dcast them out.³For by their own sword they ^adid not possess the land,And their own arm did not save them,But Your right hand and Your ^barm and the ^clight of Your presence,For You ^dfavored them.⁴You are ^amy King, O God;^bCommand ¹salvation for Jacob.⁵Through You we will ^apush back our adversaries;Through Your name we will ^btread down those who rise up against us.⁶For I will ^anot trust in my bow,And my sword will not save me.⁷But You ^ahave saved us from our adversaries,And You have ^bput to shame those who hate us.⁸In God we have ^aboasted all day long,And we will ^bgive thanks to Your name forever. ¹ Selah.⁹Yet You ^ahave rejected us and brought us to ^bdishonor,And ^cdo not go out with our armies.¹⁰You cause us to ^aturn back from the adversary;And those who hate us ^bhave plundered us for themselves.¹¹You give us as ^asheep ¹to be eatenAnd have ^bscattered us among the nations.¹²You ^asell Your people ¹for no amount,And You have not ²profited from their price.¹³You make us a ^areproach to our neighbors,A mockery and a ^bderision to those around us.¹⁴You make us ^aa byword among the nations,A ¹^,^blaughingstock among the peoples.¹⁵All day long my dishonor is before meAnd ¹the ^ashame of my face has covered me,¹⁶Because of the voice of him who ^areproaches and reviles,Because of the presence of the ^benemy and the avenger.¹⁷All this has come upon us, but we have ^anot forgotten You,And we have not ^bdealt falsely with Your covenant.¹⁸Our heart has not ^aturned back,Nor have our steps ^bdeviated from Your path,¹⁹Yet You have ^acrushed us in a place of ^bjackalsAnd covered us with ^cthe shadow of death.²⁰If we had ^aforgotten the name of our GodOr spread our ¹hands to ^ba strange god,²¹Would not God ^afind this out?For He knows the secrets of the heart.²²But ^afor Your sake we are killed all day long;We are counted as ^bsheep for the slaughter.²³^aArouse Yourself, why ^bdo You sleep, O Lord?Awake, ^cdo not reject us forever.²⁴Why do You ^ahide Your faceAnd ^bforget our affliction and our oppression?²⁵For our ^asoul has sunk down into the dust;Our ¹body cleaves to the earth.²⁶^aRise up, be our help,And ^bredeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness.