BOOK 2
42
Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile.
For the choir director. A APossibly Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful PsalmMaskil of the sons of Korah.
1 As the deer 1Lit longs forpants for the water brooks,
So my soul 1Lit longs forAPs 119:131pants for You, O God.
2 My soul APs 63:1; 84:2; 143:6thirsts for God, for the BJosh 3:10; Ps 84:2; Jer 10:10; Dan 6:26; Matt 26:63; Rom 9:26; 1 Thess 1:9living God;
When shall I come and 1Some mss read see the face of GodCEx 23:17; Ps 43:4; 84:7appear before God?
3 My APs 80:5; 102:9tears have been my food day and night,
While they BPs 79:10; 115:2; Joel 2:17; Mic 7:10say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
4 These things I remember and I A1 Sam 1:15; Job 30:16; Ps 62:8; Lam 2:19pour out my soul within me.
For I BPs 55:14; 122:1; Is 30:29used to go along with the throng and 1Or move slowly with themlead them in procession to the house of God,
With the voice of CPs 100:4joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.
And why have you become CPs 77:3disturbed within me?
2Or Wait forDPs 71:14; Lam 3:24Hope in God, for I shall 3Or stillagain praise 4Some ancient versions read Him, the help of my countenance and my GodHim
6 O my God, my soul is 1Or sunk downin despair within me;
Therefore I APs 61:2remember You from B2 Sam 17:22the land of the Jordan
And the 2Lit Hermonspeaks of CDeut 3:8Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your APs 69:1, 2; 88:7; Jon 2:3breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
8 The Loʀᴅ will APs 57:3; 133:3command His lovingkindness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me BJob 35:10; Ps 16:7; 63:6; 77:6; 149:5in the night,
A prayer to CEccl 5:18; 8:15the God of my life.
9 I will say to God APs 18:2my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go BPs 38:6mourning 1Or while the enemy oppressesbecause of the CPs 17:9oppression of the enemy?”
10 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me,
While they APs 42:3; Joel 2:17say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
And why have you become disturbed within me?
2Or Wait forHope in God, for I shall yet praise Him,
The 3Or saving acts ofhelp of my countenance and my God.
A^ Possibly Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful Psalm
142:1 Lit longs for
142:1 Lit longs for
B42:2 Josh 3:10; Ps 84:2; Jer 10:10; Dan 6:26; Matt 26:63; Rom 9:26; 1 Thess 1:9
142:2 Some mss read see the face of God
B42:3 Ps 79:10; 115:2; Joel 2:17; Mic 7:10
A42:4 1 Sam 1:15; Job 30:16; Ps 62:8; Lam 2:19
B42:4 Ps 55:14; 122:1; Is 30:29
142:4 Or move slowly with them
142:5 Or sunk down
242:5 Or Wait for
342:5 Or still
442:5 Some ancient versions read Him, the help of my countenance and my God
542:5 Or saving acts of
142:6 Or sunk down
242:6 Lit Hermons
A42:7 Ps 69:1, 2; 88:7; Jon 2:3
B42:8 Job 35:10; Ps 16:7; 63:6; 77:6; 149:5
142:9 Or while the enemy oppresses
142:11 Or sunk down
242:11 Or Wait for
342:11 Or saving acts of