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BOOK TWO
(Psalms 42-72)
To the director. Masʹkil* of the sons of Korʹah.
42 As a deer that longs for streams of water,
So I long* for you, O God.
2 I do thirst* for God, for the living God.
When may I come and appear before God?
3 My tears are my food day and night;
All day long people taunt me: “Where is your God?”
4 These things I remember, and I pour out my soul,*
For I once walked along with the multitude;
I used to walk solemnly* before them to the house of God,
With sounds of rejoicing and thanksgiving,
Those of a crowd celebrating a festival.
5 Why am I* in despair?
Why is this turmoil within me?
Wait for God,
For I will yet praise him as my Grand Savior.
6 My God, I am* in despair.
7 Deep waters call to deep waters
At the sound of your waterfalls.
All your surging waves have overwhelmed me.
8 By day Jehovah will grant me his loyal love,
And by night his song will be with me—a prayer to the God of my life.
9 I will say to God, my crag:
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why should I walk about sad because of the oppression by my enemy?”
10 With murderous hostility* my enemies taunt me;
All day long they taunt me: “Where is your God?”
11 Why am I* in despair?
Why is this turmoil within me?
Wait for God,
For I will yet praise him as my Grand Savior and my God.