Psalms 42

1 to/for to conduct Maskil to/for son: descendant/people Korah like/as deer to long for upon channel water so soul my to long for to(wards) you God

For the music director. A psalm (maskil) of the sons of Korah. As a deer longs for flowing streams, so I long for you, God.

2 to thirst soul my to/for God to/for God alive how to come (in): come and to see: see face: before God

I am thirsty for God, the living God. When can I go and see God's face?

3 to be to/for me tears my food by day and night in/on/with to say to(wards) me all [the] day where? God your

My tears have been my only food, day and night, while people ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”

4 these to remember and to pour: pour upon me soul my for to pass in/on/with throng to go slowly them till house: temple God in/on/with voice cry and thanksgiving crowd to celebrate

I am crushed as I remember how I walked with the crowds, leading them in a procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy and songs of thanks among the worshipers at the festival.

5 what? to bow soul my and to roar upon me to wait: hope to/for God for still to give thanks him salvation face of his

Why am I so discouraged? Why do I feel so sad? I will hope in God; I will praise him because he is the one who saves me—

6 God my upon me soul my to bow upon so to remember you from land: country/planet Jordan and Hermon from mountain: mount (Mount) Mizar

my God! Even though I am very discouraged, I still remember you: from the land of Jordan and Hermon, and from Mount Mizar.

7 abyss to(wards) abyss to call: call to to/for voice: sound water your all wave your and heap: wave your upon me to pass

You thunder through the raging waters, through the noise of the waterfalls. Your crashing waves surge over me—I feel like I'm drowning.

8 by day to command LORD kindness his and in/on/with night (song his *Qk) with me prayer to/for God life my

But every day the Lord shows me his trustworthy love; every night he gives me songs to sing—a prayer to the God of my life.

9 to say to/for God crag my to/for what? to forget me to/for what? be dark to go: went in/on/with oppression enemy

I cry out, “My God, my rock, why have you forgotten me? Why must I go around weeping because of the attacks of my enemies?”

10 in/on/with shattering in/on/with bone my to taunt me to vex me in/on/with to say they to(wards) me all [the] day where? God your

The mocking of my attackers crushes my bones. They're always asking me, “Where is your God?”

11 what? to bow soul my and what? to roar upon me to wait: hope to/for God for still to give thanks him salvation face of my and God my

Why am I so discouraged? Why do I feel so sad? I will hope in God; I will praise him because he is the one who saves me—my God!