0 To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah.
1 As a hart longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for thee, O God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God?
3 My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me continually, "Where is your God?"
4 These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I went with the throng, and led them in procession to the house of God, with glad shouts and songs of thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.
5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help
6 and my God. My soul is cast down within me, therefore I remember thee from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep at the thunder of thy cataracts; all thy waves and thy billows have gone over me.
8 By day the LORD commands his steadfast love; and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
9 I say to God, my rock: "Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"
10 As with a deadly wound in my body, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me continually, "Where is your God?"
11 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.
Versículos relacionados com Psalms, 42:
Psalm 42 is a psalm of lamentation that expresses the sorrow and longing for the psalmist by the presence of God. He longs for God as a thirsty person longs for water. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Psalm 42:
Psalm 63:1: "O God, you are my God; I seek you intensely. My soul is thirsty for you! All my being longs for you, in a dry, exhausted and without water." This verse reflects the same intense search for God expressed by the psalmist in Psalm 42.
Psalm 63:6: "I remember you as I go to sleep; I meditate on you during the night vigils." This verse suggests that the search for God is constant, even during sleep and night.
Psalm 84:2: "How pleasant is the place of your dwelling, Lord of hosts!" This verse expresses the longing of the psalmist by the presence of God, as well as in Psalm 42.
Psalm 119:82: "My eyes are tired of waiting so much for your promise, and I ask," When you will comfort me? "" This verse shows the impatience of the psalmist by waiting for the consolation of God, which is also expressed in psalm 42.
Isaiah 55:6: "Seek the Lord while you can find it; cry for Him while it is near." This verse is an exhortation to seek God, which relates to the yearning of the psalmist in Psalm 42.
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