These things I remember and I (A)pour out my soul within me.
For I (B)used to go along with the throng and [a]lead them in procession to the house of God,
With the voice of (C)joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.

(D)Why are you [b](E)in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become (F)disturbed within me?
[c](G)Hope in God, for I shall [d]again praise [e]Him
For the [f](H)help of His presence.
O my God, my soul is [g]in despair within me;
Therefore I (I)remember You from (J)the land of the Jordan
And the [h]peaks of (K)Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:4 Or move slowly with them
  2. Psalm 42:5 Or sunk down
  3. Psalm 42:5 Or Wait for
  4. Psalm 42:5 Or still
  5. Psalm 42:5 Some ancient versions read Him, the help of my countenance and my God
  6. Psalm 42:5 Or saving acts of
  7. Psalm 42:6 Or sunk down
  8. Psalm 42:6 Lit Hermons