Psalm 42
Quemadmodum
1 As the deer desires the water brooks,*
so longs my soul for you, O God.
2 My soul is athirst for God, even for the living God;*
when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?
3 My tears have been my food day and night,*
while all day long they say to me, "Where now is your God?"
4 When I think upon these things, I pour out my heart,*
when I remember how I went with the multitude, and brought them into the house of God,
5 With the voice of praise and thanksgiving*
among those who keep holy day.
6 Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul,*
and why are you so disquieted within me?
7 O put your trust in God,*
for I will yet give him thanks, who is the help of my countenance, and my God.
8 My soul is heavy within me;*
therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan, and from Mizar among the hills of Hermon.
9 One deep calls to another in the noise of your waterfalls;*
all your waves and storms have gone over me.
10 The Lord will grant his loving-kindness in the daytime;*
and in the night season will I sing of him, and make my prayer to the God of my life.
11 I will say to God my rock, "Why have you forgotten me?*
Why am I full of heaviness, while the enemy oppresses me?"
12 My bones are broken asunder,*
while my enemies mock me to my face,
13 While all day long they say to me,*
"Where now is your God?"
14 Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul,*
and why are you so disquieted within me?
15 O put your trust in God,*
for I will yet give him thanks, who is the help of my countenance, and my God.
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