1901 American Standard Version (ASV)

Psalms 42

1 David's zeal to serve God in the Temple. 5 He encourageth his soul to trust in God.

 42:1 ¶ [[For the Chief Musician. Maschil of the sons of Korah.]] As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.

 42:2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?

 42:3 My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

 42:4 These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.

 42:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And [why] art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him [For] the help of his countenance.

 42:6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

 42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

 42:8 [Yet] Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, [Even] a prayer unto the God of my life.

 42:9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

 42:10 As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

 42:11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my countenance, and my God.