BOOK II
Psalms 42—72
As the Deer Pants for the Water
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. 1
As the deer pants for streams of water, Psa 63:1-2Psa 143:6-7Psa 119:131Isa 26:8-9Psa 84:1-2Psa 48:1Psa 46:1Psa 85:1
so my soul longs after You, O God.
My soul thirsts for God, the living God. Psa 63:1Psa 84:10Jhn 7:37Psa 27:4Rev 22:1Psa 36:8-9Psa 84:2Psa 84:4
When shall I come and appear in God’s presence? 2
My tears have been my food Psa 79:10Psa 115:2Jol 2:17Psa 42:10Psa 80:5Psa 102:9Mic 7:10Psa 79:12
both day and night,
while men ask me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: Isa 30:291Sa 1:15-16Psa 122:1Psa 62:8Job 29:2Nam 1:15Psa 100:4Psa 55:14
how I walked with the multitude,
leading the procession to the house of God
with shouts of joy and praise.
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Psa 37:7Heb 10:36-37Psa 61:2Mat 1:23Psa 27:13-14Lam 3:24-26Psa 56:3Psa 43:5
Why the unease within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him
for the salvation of His presence.
O my God, my soul despairs within me. Psa 61:2Jon 2:7Deu 3:8-9Psa 43:42Sa 17:22Deu 4:47-48Mat 27:46Psa 22:1
Therefore I remember You
from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon—
even from Mount Mizar.
Deep calls to deep Jon 2:3Psa 69:14-15Psa 88:7Lam 3:53-55Ezk 7:26Jer 4:20Job 1:14-19Psa 88:15-17
in the roar of Your waterfalls;
all Your breakers and waves
have rolled over me.
The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, Psa 16:7Psa 149:5Psa 63:6Job 35:10Deu 28:8Act 16:25Col 3:3Psa 133:3
and at night His song is with me
as a prayer to the God of my life.
I say to God my Rock, Psa 38:6Psa 18:2Psa 43:2Isa 40:27Lam 5:1-16Psa 28:1Psa 44:23-24Psa 62:2
“Why have You forgotten me?
Why must I walk in sorrow
because of the enemy’s oppression?”
Like the crushing of my bones, Psa 42:3Jol 2:17Luk 2:35Pro 12:18Mic 7:10
my enemies taunt me,
while they say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Psa 42:5Jer 30:17Jer 33:6Psa 43:5Mat 9:12
Why the unease within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him,
my Savior and my God.