TEHILLIM 42

1 (For the one directing, Maskil, for the Bnei Korach)
2 As the deer panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my nefesh after Thee, O Elohim.
3 My nefesh thirsteth for Elohim, for El Chai. When shall I come and appear before Elohim? 1
Notes
+ in the Beis Hamikdash
4 My tears have been my lechem yomam valailah, while they continually say unto me, Where is Eloheicha?
5 When I remember these things, I pour out my nefesh within me; for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the Beis Elohim with the voice of rinnah and todah, with the multitude keeping Chag (holy day, pilgrim feast).
6 Why art thou cast down, O my nefesh? And why groanest thou within me? Hope thou in Elohim; for I shall yet give Him thanks, for He is the yeshu'ah (salvation) of my countenance and Elohai. 2
Notes
+ i.e., murmuring in discouragement
+ i.e., wait for
7 My nefesh is cast down within me; therefore will I remember Thee from Eretz Yarden, and from Chermonʼs peaks, from Har Mitzar. 1
Notes
+ mountain near Mt Chermon
8 Tehom el Tehom ([oceanic] deep unto [oceanic] deep) calleth at the noise of Thy waterfalls; all Thy breakers and Thy billows are passed over me.
9 Yet Hashem will command His chesed by day, and in the night His shir (song) shall be with me, my tefillah (prayer) unto the El Chayyai (G-d of my life).
10 I will say unto El Sali (G-d my Rock), Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the oyev (enemy)? 1
Notes
+ Mt 27:46
11 As with the crushing of my atzamot (bones), mine tzorer (vexers, harassers) reproach me; while they say all day long unto me, Where is Eloheicha?
12 Why art thou cast down, O my nefesh? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in (wait for) Elohim; for I shall yet give Him thanks, for He is the yeshu'ah (salvation) of my countenance and Elohai.
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