

Psalm 4236
For the music director; a well-written song37
by the Korachites
42:1 As a deer1
longs2
for streams of water,
so I long3
for you, O God!
42:2 I thirst4
for God,
for the living God.
I say,5
When will I be able to go and appear in Gods presence?6
42:3 I cannot eat, I weep day and night;7
all day long they say to me,8
Where is your God?
42:4 I will remember and weep!9
For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God,
shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.10
42:5 Why are you depressed,11
O my soul?12
Why are you upset?13
Wait for God!
For I will again give thanks
to my God for his saving intervention.14
42:6 I am depressed,15
so I will pray to you while I am trapped here in the region of the upper Jordan,16
from Hermon,17
from Mount Mizar.18
42:7 One deep stream calls out to another19
at the sound of your waterfalls;20
all your billows and waves overwhelm me.21
42:8 By day the LORD decrees his loyal love,22
and by night he gives me a song,23
a prayer24
to the living God.
42:9 I will pray25
to God, my high ridge:26
Why do you ignore27
me?
Why must I walk around mourning28
because my enemies oppress me?
42:10 My enemies taunts cut into me to the
bone,29
as they say to me all day long, Where is your God?30
42:11 Why are you depressed,31
O my soul?32
Why are you upset?33
Wait for God!
For I will again give thanks
to my God for his saving intervention.34

