Psalm 42:7-9

Good News Translation

^6-7 Here in exile my heart is breaking,
    and so I turn my thoughts to him.
He has sent waves of sorrow over my soul;
    chaos roars at me like a flood,
    like waterfalls thundering down to the Jordan
    from Mount Hermon and Mount Mizar.
⁸ May the Lord show his constant love during the day,
    so that I may have a song at night,
    a prayer to the God of my life.

⁹ To God, my defender, I say,
    “Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go on suffering
    from the cruelty of my enemies?”