Psalm 42
Brenton Septuagint Translation
Chapter overview
Psalm 42 compares spiritual longing to a deer's thirst in dry country. Tears, taunts, remembered festivals, roaring waterfalls, and inner turmoil are repeatedly answered by the soul's call to hope and praise again.
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1A Psalm of David. Judge me, O God, and plead my cause, against an ungodly nation: deliver me from the unjust and crafty man.
2For thou, O God, art my strength: wherefore hast thou cast me off? and why do I go sad of countenance, while the enemy oppresses me?
3Send forth thy light and thy truth: they have led me, and brought me to thy holy mountain, and to thy tabernacles.
4And I will go in to the altar of God, to God who gladdens my youth: I will give thanks to thee on the harp, O God, my God.
5Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me? Hope in God; for I will give thanks to him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Verses to memorize from Psalm 42
- Psalm 42:5Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble…
- Psalm 42:11
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