42:1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
42:1 {For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.} As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for Thee, O God.

42:2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?
42:2 My soul thirsts 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?
42:3 My tears have been my food day and night, While [they] say to me all day long, "Where is your 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.
42:4 These things I remember, and I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go along with the throng [and] lead them in procession to the house of God, With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.

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.
42:5 Why are you in despair, O my soul? And [why] have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him [For] the help of His presence.

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.
42:6 O my God, my soul is in despair within me; Therefore I remember Thee from the land of the Jordan, And the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
42:7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Thy waterfalls; All Thy breakers and Thy waves have rolled 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.
42:8 The LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime; And His song will be with me in the night, A prayer to 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?
42:9 I will say to God my rock, "Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why do I go 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?
42:10 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me, While they say to me all day long, "Where is your 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.
42:11 Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance, and my God.