42:1 As a deer1 longs2 for streams of water,
so I long3 for you, O God!
for the living God.
I say,5 “When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?”6
42:3 I cannot eat, I weep day and night;7
all day long they say to me,8 “Where is your God?”
42:4 I will remember and weep!9
For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God,
shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.10
42:5 Why are you depressed,11 O my soul?12
Why are you upset?13
Wait for God!
For I will again give thanks
to my God for his saving intervention.14
so I will pray to you while I am trapped here in the region of the upper Jordan,16
from Hermon,17 from Mount Mizar.18
42:7 One deep stream calls out to another19 at the sound of your waterfalls;20
all your billows and waves overwhelm me.21
42:8 By day the Lord decrees his loyal love,22
and by night he gives me a song,23
a prayer24 to the living God.
42:9 I will pray25 to God, my high ridge:26
“Why do you ignore27 me?
Why must I walk around mourning28
because my enemies oppress me?”
42:10 My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone,29
as they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”30
42:11 Why are you depressed,31 O my soul?32
Why are you upset?33
Wait for God!
For I will again give thanks
to my God for his saving intervention.34
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