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42:1  As the deer pants for water, so I long for you, O God.
42:2  I thirst for God, the living God. Where can I find him to come and stand before him?
42:3  Day and night I weep for his help, and all the while my enemies taunt me. “Where is this God of yours?” they scoff.
42:4  Take courage, my soul! Do you remember those times (but how could you ever forget them!) when you led a great procession to the Temple on festival days, singing with joy, praising the Lord? Why then be downcast? Why be discouraged and sad? Hope in God! I shall yet praise him again. Yes, I shall again praise him for his help.
42:5  Take courage, my soul! Do you remember those times (but how could you ever forget them!) when you led a great procession to the Temple on festival days, singing with joy, praising the Lord? Why then be downcast? Why be discouraged and sad? Hope in God! I shall yet praise him again. Yes, I shall again praise him for his help.
42:6  Yet I am standing here depressed and gloomy, but I will meditate upon your kindness to this lovely land where the Jordan River flows and where Mount Hermon and Mount Mizar stand.
42:7  All your waves and billows have gone over me, and floods of sorrow pour upon me like a thundering cataract.
42:8  Yet day by day the Lord also pours out his steadfast love upon me, and through the night I sing his songs and pray to God who gives me life.
42:9  “O God my Rock,” I cry, “why have you forsaken me? Why must I suffer these attacks from my enemies?”
42:10  Their taunts pierce me like a fatal wound; again and again they scoff, “Where is that God of yours?”
42:11  But, O my soul, don’t be discouraged. Don’t be upset. Expect God to act! For I know that I shall again have plenty of reason to praise him for all that he will do. He is my help! He is my God!