BOOK TWO: Psalms 42—72 Yearning for God in the Midst of Distresses
To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of the sons of Korah.
aI pour out my soul within me.
For I used to go with the multitude;
bI went with them to the house of God,
With the voice of joy and praise,
With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast.
And why are you disquieted within me?
bHope in God, for I shall yet praise Him
1For the help of His countenance.
Therefore I will remember You from1 the land of the Jordan,
And from the heights of Hermon,
From the Hill Mizar.
aAll Your waves and billows have gone over me.
And bin the night His song shall be with me—
A prayer to the God of my life.
a“Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
My enemies1 reproach me,
aWhile they say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God;
For I shall yet praise Him,
The1 help of my countenance and my God.
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American Standard Version
My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
Amplified® Bible
My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me all day long, Where is your God?
Contemporary English Version
Day and night my tears are my only food, as everyone keeps asking, "Where is your God?"
Darby English Version
My tears have been my bread day and night, while they say unto me all the day, Where is thy God?
Good News Bible
Day and night I cry, and tears are my only food; all the time my enemies ask me, "Where is your God?"
King James Version
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
New American Standard Bible
My tears have been my food day and night, While {they} say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"
New International Version
My tears have been my food
day and night,
while men say to me all day long,
"Where is your God?"
New King James Version
My tears have been my food day and night,
While they continually say to me,
“Where is your God?”
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
My tears I have swallowed as my food day and night, While they say to me all day long, "Where has your God gone off to?"
Revised Standard Version
My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me continually, "Where is your God?"
Young's Literal Translation
My tear hath been to me bread day and night, In their saying unto me all the day, `Where `is' thy God?'
New English Translation
I cannot eat, I weep day and night;1 all day long they say to me,2 “Where is your God?”
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