Book Two

Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul?

To the choirmaster. A Maskil[a] of (A)the Sons of Korah.

42 (B)As a deer pants for flowing streams,
    so pants my soul for you, O God.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

BOOK II

Psalms 42–72

Psalm 42[a][b]

For the director of music. A maskil[c] of the Sons of Korah.

As the deer(A) pants for streams of water,(B)
    so my soul pants(C) for you, my God.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.
  2. Psalm 42:1 In Hebrew texts 42:1-11 is numbered 42:2-12.
  3. Psalm 42:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

20 Even the beasts of the field (A)pant for you
    because the water brooks are dried up,
(B)and fire has devoured
    the pastures of the wilderness.

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20 Even the wild animals pant for you;(A)
    the streams of water have dried up(B)
    and fire has devoured the pastures(C) in the wilderness.

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30 Behold, he scatters his lightning about him
    and covers the roots of the sea.

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30 See how he scatters his lightning(A) about him,
    bathing the depths of the sea.(B)

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