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Psalm 42:9-11
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 42:9-11
New Catholic Bible
9 During the day the Lord grants his kindness,
and at night his praise is with me,
a prayer to the living God.[a]
10 I say to God, my Rock,[b]
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go about in mourning
while my enemy oppresses me?”
11 It crushes my bones
when my foes taunt me,
jeering at me all day long,
“Where is your God?”[c]
Footnotes
- Psalm 42:9 Nonetheless, the psalmist is confident of God’s kindness, and this sustains him (see note on Ps 6:5). The living God: some propose the translation: “the God of my life” and understand it as the “God who gives me life.”
- Psalm 42:10 Rock: see note on Ps 18:3. Why . . . ? Why . . . ?: see note on Ps 6:4.
- Psalm 42:11 The psalmist has been abandoned by God to his godless enemies, who taunt him with the words “Where is your God?” He resembles a dying man, and his whole being (bones; see note on Ps 34:20-21) is distressed by his foes and by God’s silence.
Psalm 42:9-11
New International Version
Psalm 42:9-11
New International Version
9 I say to God my Rock,(A)
“Why have you forgotten(B) me?
Why must I go about mourning,(C)
oppressed(D) by the enemy?”(E)
10 My bones suffer mortal agony(F)
as my foes taunt(G) me,
saying to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”(H)
11 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.(I)
New International Version (NIV) 
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