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Psalms • Chapter 42
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As the deer longs for streams of water,<br>so I long for you, O God (Elohim).<br>
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I thirst for God (Elohim), the living God (Elohim).<br>When can I go and stand before him?<br>
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Day and night I have only tears for food,<br>while my enemies continually taunt me, saying,<br>“Where is this God (Elohim) of yours?”<br>
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My heart is breaking<br>as I remember how it used to be:<br>I walked among the crowds of worshipers,<br>leading a great procession to the house of God (Elohim),<br>singing for joy and giving thanks<br>amid the sound of a great celebration!<br>
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Why am I discouraged?<br>Why is my heart so sad?<br>I will put my hope in God (Elohim)!<br>I will praise him again —<br>my Savior and<br>
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my God (Elohim)!<br> Now I am deeply discouraged,<br>but I will remember you —<br>even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan,<br>from the land of Mount Mizar.<br>
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I hear the tumult of the raging seas<br>as your waves and surging tides sweep over me.<br>
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But each day the LORD pours his unfailing love upon me,<br>and through each night I sing his songs,<br>praying to God (Elohim) who gives me life.<br>
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“O God (Elohim) my rock,” I cry,<br>“Why have you forgotten me?<br>Why must I wander around in grief,<br>oppressed by my enemies?”<br>
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Their taunts break my bones.<br>They scoff, “Where is this God (Elohim) of yours?”<br>
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Why am I discouraged?<br>Why is my heart so sad?<br>I will put my hope in God (Elohim)!<br>I will praise him again —<br>my Savior and my God (Elohim)!<br>
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