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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 42, Verse 1

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Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
King James Version
To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
American Standard Version
[For the Chief Musician. Maschil of the sons of Korah]. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
New English Translation
Book 2(Psalms 42-72) For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!
World English Bible
As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
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My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
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My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where [is] thy God?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
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[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.
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I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
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[As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God?
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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.