Psalms 42 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Psalms 43

¹Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.

KJVJudge^H8199^(H8798) me, O God^H430, and plead^H7378^(H8798) my cause^H7379 against an ungodly^H3808^H2623 nation^H1471: O deliver^H6403^(H8762) me from the deceitful^H4820 and unjust^H5766 man^H376.

² For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

KJVFor thou art the God^H430 of my strength^H4581: why dost thou cast me off^H2186^(H8804)? why go^H1980^(H8691) I mourning^H6937^(H8802) because of the oppression^H3906 of the enemy^H341^(H8802)?

³ Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, to your tents.

KJVO send out^H7971^(H8798) thy light^H216 and thy truth^H571: let them lead^H5148^(H8686) me; let them bring^H935^(H8686) me unto thy holy^H6944 hill^H2022, and to thy tabernacles^H4908.

⁴ Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.

KJVThen will I go^H935^(H8799) unto the altar^H4196 of God^H430, unto God^H410 my exceeding^H8057 joy^H1524: yea, upon the harp^H3658 will I praise^H3034^(H8686) thee, O God^H430 my God^H430.

⁵ Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.

KJVWhy art thou cast down^H7817^(H8709), O my soul^H5315? and why art thou disquieted^H1993^(H8799) within me? hope^H3176^(H8685) in God^H430: for I shall yet praise^H3034^(H8686) him, who is the health^H3444 of my countenance^H6440, and my God^H430.

WEB·Psalms 42

¹For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.

KJVTo the chief Musician^H5329^(H8764), Maschil^H4905^(H8688), for the sons^H1121 of Korah^H7141. As the hart^H354 panteth^H6165^(H8799) after the water^H4325 brooks^H650, so panteth^H6165^(H8799) my soul^H5315 after thee, O God^H430.

² My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

KJVMy soul^H5315 thirsteth^H6770^(H8804) for God^H430, for the living^H2416 God^H410: when shall I come^H935^(H8799) and appear^H7200^(H8735) before^H6440 God^H430?

³ My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”

KJVMy tears^H1832 have been my meat^H3899 day^H3119 and night^H3915, while they continually^H3117 say^H559^(H8800) unto me, Where is thy God^H430?

⁴ These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to God’s house, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.

KJVWhen I remember^H2142^(H8799) these things, I pour out^H8210^(H8799) my soul^H5315 in me: for I had gone^H5674^(H8799) with the multitude^H5519, I went^H1718^(H8691) with them to the house^H1004 of God^H430, with the voice^H6963 of joy^H7440 and praise^H8426, with a multitude^H1995 that kept holyday^H2287^(H8802).

⁵ Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.

KJVWhy art thou cast down^H7817^(H8709), O my soul^H5315? and why art thou disquieted^H1993^(H8799) in me? hope^H3176^(H8685) thou in God^H430: for I shall yet praise^H3034^(H8686) him for the help^H3444 of his countenance^H6440.

⁶ My God, my soul is in despair within me. Therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar.

KJVO my God^H430, my soul^H5315 is cast down^H7817^(H8709) within me: therefore will I remember^H2142^(H8799) thee from the land^H776 of Jordan^H3383, and of the Hermonites^H2769, from the hill^H2022 Mizar^H4706.

⁷ Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.

KJVDeep^H8415 calleth^H7121^(H8802) unto deep^H8415 at the noise^H6963 of thy waterspouts^H6794: all thy waves^H4867 and thy billows^H1530 are gone^H5674^(H8804) over me.

⁸ Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.

KJVYet the LORD^H3068 will command^H6680^(H8762) his lovingkindness^H2617 in the daytime^H3119, and in the night^H3915 his song^H7892 shall be with me, and my prayer^H8605 unto the God^H410 of my life^H2416.

⁹ I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

KJVI will say^H559^(H8799) unto God^H410 my rock^H5553, Why hast thou forgotten^H7911^(H8804) me? why go^H3212^(H8799) I mourning^H6937^(H8802) because of the oppression^H3906 of the enemy^H341^(H8802)?

¹⁰ As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”

KJVAs with a sword^H7524 in my bones^H6106, mine enemies^H6887^(H8802) reproach^H2778^(H8765) me; while they say^H559^(H8800) daily^H3117 unto me, Where is thy God^H430?

¹¹ Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.

KJVWhy art thou cast down^H7817^(H8709), O my soul^H5315? and why art thou disquieted^H1993^(H8799) within me? hope^H3176^(H8685) thou in God^H430: for I shall yet praise^H3034^(H8686) him, who is the health^H3444 of my countenance^H6440, and my God^H430.

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