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Psalms · Chapter 42

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Chapter 42

1לַמְנַצֵּחַ מַשְׂכִּיל לִבְנֵי־קֹֽרַחFor the leader. A maskil of the Korahites.Lamnatzecha maskil livney-korach

2כְּאַיָּל תַּעֲרֹג עַל־אֲפִֽיקֵי־מָיִם כֵּן נַפְשִׁי תַעֲרֹג אֵלֶיךָ אֱלֹהִֽיםLike a hind crying for water, my soul cries for You, O God;Keayal taarog al-afikey-mayim ken nafshi taarog eleycha elohim

3צָמְאָה נַפְשִׁי לֵאלֹהִים לְאֵל חָי מָתַי אָבוֹא וְאֵרָאֶה פְּנֵי אֱלֹהִֽיםmy soul thirsts for God, the living God; O when will I come to appear before God!Tzamah nafshi lelohim leel chay matay avo veeraeh peney elohim

4הָֽיְתָה־לִּי דִמְעָתִי לֶחֶם יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה בֶּאֱמֹר אֵלַי כׇּל־הַיּוֹם אַיֵּה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָMy tears have been my food day and night; I am ever taunted with, “Where is your God?”Haytah-li dimati lechem yomam valaylah beemor elay kol-hayom ayeh eloheycha

5אֵלֶּה אֶזְכְּרָה וְאֶשְׁפְּכָה עָלַי נַפְשִׁי כִּי אֶעֱבֹר בַּסָּךְ אֶדַּדֵּם עַד־בֵּית־אֱלֹהִים בְּקוֹל־רִנָּה וְתוֹדָה הָמוֹן חוֹגֵֽגWhen I think of this, I pour out my soul: how I walked with the crowd, moved with them, the festive throng, to the House of God with joyous shouts of praise.Eleh ezkrah veeshpchah alay nafshi ki eevor basach edadem ad-beyt-elohim bekol-rinah vetodah hamon chogeg

6מַה־תִּשְׁתּוֹחֲחִי נַפְשִׁי וַתֶּהֱמִי עָלָי הוֹחִלִי לֵאלֹהִים כִּי־עוֹד אוֹדֶנּוּ יְשׁוּעוֹת פָּנָֽיוWhy so downcast, my soul, why disquieted within me? Have hope in God; I will yet give praise for God’s saving presence.Mah-tishtochachi nafshi vatehemi alay hochili lelohim ki-od odenu yeshuot panayv

7אֱֽלֹהַי עָלַי נַפְשִׁי תִשְׁתּוֹחָח עַל־כֵּן אֶזְכׇּרְךָ מֵאֶרֶץ יַרְדֵּן וְחֶרְמוֹנִים מֵהַר מִצְעָֽרO my God, my soul is downcast; therefore I think of You in this land of Jordan and Hermon, in Mount Mizar,Elohay alay nafshi tishtochach al-ken ezkorcha meeretz yarden vechermonim mehar mitzar

8תְּהוֹם־אֶל־תְּהוֹם קוֹרֵא לְקוֹל צִנּוֹרֶיךָ כׇּֽל־מִשְׁבָּרֶיךָ וְגַלֶּיךָ עָלַי עָבָֽרוּwhere deep calls to deep in the roar of Your cataracts; all Your breakers and billows have swept over me.Tehom-el-tehom kore lekol tzinoreycha kol-mishbareycha vegaleycha alay avaru

9יוֹמָם יְצַוֶּה יְהֹוָה חַסְדּוֹ וּבַלַּיְלָה שִׁירֹה עִמִּי תְּפִלָּה לְאֵל חַיָּֽיBy day may GOD devote faithful care, so that at night a song may be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.Yomam yetzaveh Adonai chasdo uvalaylah shiro imi tefilah leel chayay

10אוֹמְרָה לְאֵל סַלְעִי לָמָה שְׁכַחְתָּנִי לָֽמָּה־קֹדֵר אֵלֵךְ בְּלַחַץ אוֹיֵֽבI say to God, my rock, “Why have You forgotten me, why must I walk in gloom, oppressed by my enemy?”Omrah leel sali lamah shechachtani lamah-koder elech belachatz oyev

11בְּרֶצַח בְּֽעַצְמוֹתַי חֵרְפוּנִי צוֹרְרָי בְּאׇמְרָם אֵלַי כׇּל־הַיּוֹם אַיֵּה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָCrushing my bones, my foes revile me, taunting me always with, “Where is your God?”Beretzach beatzmotay cherfuni tzorray beomram elay kol-hayom ayeh eloheycha

12מַה־תִּשְׁתּוֹחֲחִי נַפְשִׁי וּֽמַה־תֶּהֱמִי עָלָי הוֹחִילִי לֵאלֹהִים כִּי־עוֹד אוֹדֶנּוּ יְשׁוּעֹת פָּנַי וֵאלֹהָֽיWhy so downcast, my soul, why disquieted within me? Have hope in God; I will yet give praise, my ever-present help, my God.Mah-tishtochachi nafshi umah-tehemi alay hochili lelohim ki-od odenu yeshuot panay velohay