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Psalm 42

Psalm 42 has 158 cross-references from its 11 verses to other passages (103 with at least 4 reader votes), and 234 verses elsewhere point back to it. Its strongest links: Psalm 42:1 → Psalm 63:1–2 (78 votes), Psalm 42:5 → Psalm 37:7 (61 votes) and Psalm 42:1 → Psalm 143:6–7 (59 votes). It connects with 43 other books.

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Psalm 42 (BSB)

As the Deer Pants for the Water

For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.

1As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul longs after You, O God.
2My soul thirsts for God, the living God.
When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
3My tears have been my food
both day and night,
while men ask me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
4These things come to mind as I pour out my soul:
how I walked with the multitude,
leading the festive procession to the house of God
with shouts of joy and praise.
5Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why the unease within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him
for the salvation of His presence.
6O my God, my soul despairs within me.
Therefore I remember You
from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon—
even from Mount Mizar.
7Deep calls to deep
in the roar of Your waterfalls;
all Your breakers and waves
have rolled over me.
8The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day,
and at night His song is with me
as a prayer to the God of my life.
9I say to God my Rock,
“Why have You forgotten me?
Why must I walk in sorrow
because of the enemy’s oppression?”
10Like the crushing of my bones,
my enemies taunt me,
while they say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
11Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why the unease within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him,
my Savior and my God.

Most connected verses in Psalm 42

  1. Psalm 42:5 57 links, 43 strong
  2. Psalm 42:2 54 links, 33 strong
  3. Psalm 42:8 37 links, 33 strong
  4. Psalm 42:1 54 links, 27 strong
  5. Psalm 42:11 37 links, 26 strong

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