# Psalm 42 ## Psalm 42:1 - [KJV] As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. - [ASV] As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God. - [YLT] As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God. ### Notes on Psalm 42:1 - ## Psalm 42:2 - [KJV] My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? - [ASV] My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God? - [YLT] My soul thirsted for God, for the living God, When do I enter and see the face of God? ### Notes on Psalm 42:2 - ## Psalm 42:3 - [KJV] My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where *is* thy God? - [ASV] My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? - [YLT] My tear hath been to me bread day and night, In their saying unto me all the day, 'Where *is* thy God?' ### Notes on Psalm 42:3 - ## Psalm 42:4 - [KJV] When I remember these *things*, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. - [ASV] These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday. - [YLT] These I remember, and pour out my soul in me, For I pass over into the booth, I go softly with them unto the house of God, With the voice of singing and confession, The multitude keeping feast! ### Notes on Psalm 42:4 - ## Psalm 42:5 - [KJV] Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and *why* art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him *for* the help of his countenance. - [ASV] Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And *why* art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him *For* the help of his countenance. - [YLT] What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance -- My God! ### Notes on Psalm 42:5 - ## Psalm 42:6 - [KJV] O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. - [ASV] O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar. - [YLT] In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar. ### Notes on Psalm 42:6 - ## Psalm 42:7 - [KJV] Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. - [ASV] Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. - [YLT] Deep unto deep is calling At the noise of Thy water-spouts, All Thy breakers and Thy billows passed over me. ### Notes on Psalm 42:7 - ## Psalm 42:8 - [KJV] *Yet* the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song *shall be* with me, *and* my prayer unto the God of my life. - [ASV] *Yet* Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, *Even* a prayer unto the God of my life. - [YLT] By day Jehovah commandeth His kindness, And by night a song *is* with me, A prayer to the God of my life. ### Notes on Psalm 42:8 - ## Psalm 42:9 - [KJV] I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? - [ASV] I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? - [YLT] I say to God my rock, 'Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning in the oppression of an enemy? ### Notes on Psalm 42:9 - ## Psalm 42:10 - [KJV] *As* with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where *is* thy God? - [ASV] As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? - [YLT] With a sword in my bones Have mine adversaries reproached me, In their saying unto me all the day, 'Where *is* thy God?' ### Notes on Psalm 42:10 - ## Psalm 42:11 - [KJV] Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, *who is* the health of my countenance, and my God. - [ASV] Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, *Who is* the help of my countenance, and my God. - [YLT] What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God! ### Notes on Psalm 42:11 -