1 BOOK II 1 Psalms 42-72 1 [a]
1 1 1 For the director of music. A maskil[b] of the Sons of Korah.
1 As the deer pants for streams of water, 1 so my soul pants for you, O God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. 2 When can I go and meet with God?
3 My tears have been my food 3 day and night, 3 while men say to me all day long, 3 "Where is your God?"
4 These things I remember 4 as I pour out my soul: 4 how I used to go with the multitude, 4 leading the procession to the house of God, 4 with shouts of joy and thanksgiving 4 among the festive throng.
5 Why are you downcast, O my soul? 5 Why so disturbed within me? 5 Put your hope in God, 5 for I will yet praise him, 5 my Savior and 5 6 5 my God. 5 My[c] soul is downcast within me; 5 therefore I will remember you 5 from the land of the Jordan, 5 the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep 7 in the roar of your waterfalls; 7 all your waves and breakers 7 have swept over me.
8 By day the Lord directs his love, 8 at night his song is with me— 8 a prayer to the God of my life.
9 I say to God my Rock, 9 "Why have you forgotten me? 9 Why must I go about mourning, 9 oppressed by the enemy?"
10 My bones suffer mortal agony 10 as my foes taunt me, 10 saying to me all day long, 10 "Where is your God?"
