# Psalm 42 đź“–
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## đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
# Book 2 ([Psalms 42-72](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ps.42-Ps.72&version=NET))
## Psalm 42
## For the music director, a well-written song by the Korahites.
[[#Verse 01.]] As a deer longs for streams of water,
so I long for you, O God!
[[#Verse 02.]] I thirst for God,
for the living God.
I say, “When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?”
[[#Verse 03.]]Â I cannot eat; I weep day and night.
All day long they say to me, “Where is your God?”
[[#Verse 04.]]Â I will remember and weep.
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.
[[#Verse 05.]] Why are you depressed, O my soul?
Why are you upset?
Wait for God!
For I will again give thanks
to my God for his saving intervention.
[[#Verse 06.]]Â I am depressed,
so I will pray to you while in the region of the upper Jordan,
from Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
[[#Verse 07.]] One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls;
all your billows and waves overwhelm me.
[[#Verse 08.]] By day the Lord decrees his loyal love,
and by night he gives me a song,
a prayer to the God of my life.
[[#Verse 09.]] I will pray to God, my high ridge:
“Why do you ignore me?
Why must I walk around mourning
because my enemies oppress me?”
[[#Verse 10.]] My enemies’ taunts cut me to the bone,
as they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
[[#Verse 11.]] Why are you depressed, O my soul?
Why are you upset?
Wait for God!
For I will again give thanks
to my God for his saving intervention.
## ==đź“– Verse-by-Verse Commentary==
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- "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation."
- "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular."
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- Romans 5 and Genesis 3
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