2 As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.
3 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I go and see the face of God?
4 Day and night my tears have been my food, as people ask me day after day, "Where is your God?"
5 Now as I pour out my soul, I remember all this - how I used to lead the faithful in procession to the house of God, amid shouts of joy and thanksgiving, among the feasting throng.
6 Why are you so downcast, my soul, why so troubled within me? Hope in God, for I will praise him again, my savior and my God.
7 My soul is downcast when I remember from these lands of Jordan and Hermon, "Where are you, small mountain?"
8 Deep calls to deep as your cataracts thunder; your waves and torrents have gone over me.
9 May the Lord bestow his love by day, by night his song is upon my lips - a prayer to the God of my life.
10 I say to God, my rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?"
11 My whole being suffers in mortal agony, as my adversaries continually taunt me, "Where is your God?"
12 Why are you so downcast, my soul, why so troubled within me? Hope in God, for again I will praise him - my savior and my God.
Versículos relacionados com Psalms, 42:
Psalm 42 is a psalm of lamentation that expresses the sorrow and longing for the psalmist by the presence of God. He longs for God as a thirsty person longs for water. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Psalm 42:
Psalm 63:1: "O God, you are my God; I seek you intensely. My soul is thirsty for you! All my being longs for you, in a dry, exhausted and without water." This verse reflects the same intense search for God expressed by the psalmist in Psalm 42.
Psalm 63:6: "I remember you as I go to sleep; I meditate on you during the night vigils." This verse suggests that the search for God is constant, even during sleep and night.
Psalm 84:2: "How pleasant is the place of your dwelling, Lord of hosts!" This verse expresses the longing of the psalmist by the presence of God, as well as in Psalm 42.
Psalm 119:82: "My eyes are tired of waiting so much for your promise, and I ask," When you will comfort me? "" This verse shows the impatience of the psalmist by waiting for the consolation of God, which is also expressed in psalm 42.
Isaiah 55:6: "Seek the Lord while you can find it; cry for Him while it is near." This verse is an exhortation to seek God, which relates to the yearning of the psalmist in Psalm 42.
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