Through My Bible Yr 01 – August 16

Through My Bible – August 16

Psalms 42 – 43 (EHV)

See series: Through My Bible

¹ As a doe pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, O God.
² My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and appear before God? ^[4]
3 My tears have been food for me day and night,
while people are saying to me all day,
“Where is your God?”

⁴ I am overcome by my emotions
whenever I remember these things:
    how I used to arrive with the crowd,
    as I led the procession to the house of God,
    with loud shouts of thanksgiving,
    with the crowd celebrating the festival.

⁵ Why are you so depressed, ^[5] O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I will again praise him
    for salvation from his presence. ^[6]

⁶ My God, my soul is depressed within me.
Therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan,
from the heights of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
⁷ Deep calls to deep in the roar of your rapids.
All your breakers and your waves have swept over me.
⁸ By day the Lord commands his mercy,
and at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life.
⁹ I say to God my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go around mourning because of oppression by the enemy?”
¹⁰ It is like breaking my bones when my foes taunt me.
All day long they say to me, “Where is your God?”

¹¹ Why are you so depressed, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I will again praise him
    for my salvation from the face of my God. ^[7]

¹ Judge me justly, O God,
and plead my case against an ungodly nation.
Rescue me from the deceitful, wicked man.
² I know you are God, my stronghold.
Why have you rejected me?
Why must I go around mourning
    because of oppression by the enemy?
³ Send out your light and your truth.
Let them guide me.
Let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to your dwelling.
⁴ Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God, my joy and gladness.
Then I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.

⁵ Why are you so depressed, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I will again praise him
    for my salvation from the face of my God. ^[8]

Footnotes

1. Psalm 42:1 These two psalms are treated as a unit since they are united by a common theme, a common refrain, and a single heading.
2. Psalm 42:1 Maskil is a musical term of uncertain meaning. It may be a skillful song or a song that gives wisdom. This form is used also in Psalms 44 and 45.
3. Psalm 42:1 The Sons of Korah were a group of levitical musicians, who apparently were descendants of the Korah who rebelled against Moses. In this section of Psalms, Psalms 42–49 were written by them.
4. Psalm 42:2 A different reading of the Hebrew verb yields the translation see the face of God.
5. Psalm 42:5 Literally bowed down or cast down
6. Psalm 42:5 Many translations emend this verse to agree with verses 42:11 and 43:5.
7. Psalm 42:11 Literally the salvation of my face and my God
8. Psalm 43:5 Literally the salvation of my face and my God