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Home Book of Tehilim Psalm 42

Psalm 42

תהילים 42

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For the leader. A maskil of the Korahites.
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Like a hind crying for water, my soul cries for You, O God;
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my soul thirsts for God, the living God; O when will I come to appear before God!
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My tears have been my food day and night; I am ever taunted with, u201cWhere is your God?u201d
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When I think of this, I pour out my soul: how I walked with the crowd, moved with them, the festive throng, to the House of God with joyous shouts of praise.
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Why so downcast, my soul, why disquieted within me? Have hope in God; I will yet give praise for Godu2019s saving presence.
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O my God, my soul is downcast; therefore I think of You in this land of Jordan and Hermon, in Mount Mizar,
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where deep calls to deep in the roar of Your cataracts; all Your breakers and billows have swept over me.
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By day may GOD devote faithful care, so that at night a song may be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.
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I say to God, my rock, u201cWhy have You forgotten me, why must I walk in gloom, oppressed by my enemy?u201d
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Crushing my bones, my foes revile me, taunting me always with, u201cWhere is your God?u201d
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Why so downcast, my soul, why disquieted within me? Have hope in God; I will yet give praise, my ever-present help, my God.