Saturday, January 8, 2011

Day 8 — Psalm 42-43

HEBREW Ps 42 / Ps 43
PSALM 42–43
Lament of a Levite in exile

For the choirmaster, poem of the sons of Korach.

As a doe longs for running streams
so longs my soul for You, my God.

My soul thirsts for God, the God of life;
when shall I go to see the face of God?

I have no food but tears, day and night;
and all day long men say to me,
‘Where is your God?’

I remember,
and my soul melts within me:
I am on my way
to the wonderful Tent,
to the House of God,
among cries of joy and praise
and an exultant throng.

Why so downcast, my soul,
why do you sigh within me?
Put your hope in God:
I shall praise Him yet,
my Savior, my God.

When my soul is downcast within me,
I think of You;
from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
of you, humble mountain!

Deep is calling to deep
as your cataracts roar;
all your waves, your breakers
have rolled over me.

In the daytime may Yahweh
command His love to come,
and by night may His song be on my lips,
a prayer to the God of my life!

Let me say to God my Rock,
‘Why do You forget me?
Why must I walk so mournfully,
oppressed by the enemy?

Nearly breaking my bones
my oppressors insult me,
as all day long they ask me,
‘Where is your God?’

Why so downcast, my soul,
why do you sigh within me?
Put your hope in God:
I shall praise Him yet,
my Savior, my God.

PSALM 43

Defend me, take up my cause
against people who have no pity;
from the treacherous and cunning man
rescue me, God.

It is You, God, who are my shelter:
why do You abandon me?
Why must I walk so mournfully,
oppressed by the enemy?

Send out Your light and Your truth,
let these be my guide,
to lead me to Your holy mountain
and to the place where You live.

Then I shall go to the altar of God,
to the God of my joy,
I shall rejoice, I shall praise You on the harp,
Yahweh, my God.

Why so downcast, my soul,
why do you sigh within me?
Put your hope in God:
I shall praise Him yet,
my Savior, my God.

Next… Day 9 — Psalm 44

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