Psalm 42:5
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 for David. Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from the nation that is not holy: deliver me from the unjust and deceitful man.
2For thou art God my strength: why hast thou cast me off? and why do I go sorrowful whilst the enemy afflicteth me?
3Send forth thy light and thy truth: they have conducted me, and brought me unto thy holy hill, and into thy tabernacles.
4And I will go in to the altar of God: to God who giveth joy to my youth.
5To thee, O God my God, I will give praise upon the harp: why art thou sad, O my soul? and why dost thou disquiet me?
6Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: the salvation of my countenance, and my God.
Verses to memorize from Psalm 42
- Psalm 42:5To thee, O God my God, I will give praise upon the harp: why art thou…
- Psalm 42:11
Douay-Rheims 1899 — Public Domain. Where these translations come from.