Psalms 42

The sons of Korah express a deep thirst for the **living God** (Elohim Chayyim), likening their soul's longing to a deer panting for water brooks, while mourning their exile from the house of God amid enemies' taunts, 'Where is your God?'[1][2][3] In turmoil from the land of the Jordan and Hermon, they pour out their soul, feeling waves and breakers of YHWH overwhelm them, yet command their soul to **hope in God** (yachel Elohim), for they shall yet praise Him as the salvation of His presence.[1][2][3]

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Verse 1

To the chief musician to the overseeing one to the overseeing one A Maskil insight-imparting composition insight-imparting composition for the sons to sons of to sons of of Korah Qorach Qorach

לַ/מְנַצֵּ֗חַ 𐤋/𐤌𐤍𐤑𐤇 lamenatsecha To the chief musician to the overseeing one to the overseeing one HRd/Vprmsa מַשְׂכִּ֥יל 𐤌𐤔𐤊𐤉𐤋 masekil A Maskil insight-imparting composition insight-imparting composition HNcmsa לִ/בְנֵי 𐤋/𐤁𐤍𐤉 liveney Bene (Bemba) for the sons to sons of to sons of HR/Ncmpc קֹֽרַח 𐤒𐤓𐤇 qorach of Korah Qorach Qorach HNp

Verse 2

As a deer like a stag like a stag pants she yearns intensely she yearns intensely for upon for streams channels of channels of of water waters waters So thus so my soul my living being my life pants she yearns intensely she yearns intensely for You toward you toward you O God mighty ones Elohim

כְּ/אַיָּ֗ל 𐤊/𐤀𐤉𐤋 keayal As a deer like a stag like a stag HR/Ncbsa תַּעֲרֹ֥ג 𐤕𐤏𐤓𐤂 taarog pants she yearns intensely she yearns intensely HVqi3fs עַל 𐤏𐤋 al for upon for HR אֲפִֽיקֵי 𐤀𐤐𐤉𐤒𐤉 afiqey streams channels of channels of HNcmpc מָ֑יִם 𐤌𐤉𐤌 mayim Amanzi (Zulu) of water waters waters HNcmpa כֵּ֤ן 𐤊𐤍 ken cine (Bemba) So thus so HTm נַפְשִׁ֨/י 𐤍𐤐𐤔/𐤉 nafeshi my soul my living being my life HNcbsc/Sp1cs תַעֲרֹ֖ג 𐤕𐤏𐤓𐤂 taarog-2 pants she yearns intensely she yearns intensely HVqi3fs אֵלֶ֣י/ךָ 𐤀𐤋𐤉/𐤊 eleykha for You toward you toward you HR/Sp2ms אֱלֹהִֽים 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 elohim Mulimu (Lozi) O God mighty ones Elohim HNcmpa

Verse 3

thirsts she thirsted thirsts my soul my living being my life for God to mighty ones for Elohim to God to a mighty one for the living God living living living when when when shall I come I will come I will come and see and I will appear and I will see the face of face of before the face of God mighty ones Elohim

צָמְאָ֬ה 𐤑𐤌𐤀𐤄 tsameah thirsts she thirsted thirsts HVqp3fs נַפְשִׁ֨/י 𐤍𐤐𐤔/𐤉 nafeshi my soul my living being my life HNcbsc/Sp1cs לֵ/אלֹהִים֮ 𐤋/𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 lelohim Mulimu (Lozi) for God to mighty ones for Elohim HR/Ncmpa לְ/אֵ֪ל 𐤋/𐤀𐤋 leel to God to a mighty one for the living God HR/Ncmsa חָ֥י 𐤇𐤉 chay hai (Swahili) living living living HAamsa מָתַ֥י 𐤌𐤕𐤉 matay when when when HTi אָב֑וֹא 𐤀𐤁𐤅𐤀 avo shall I come I will come I will come HVqi1cs וְ֝/אֵרָאֶ֗ה 𐤅/𐤀𐤓𐤀𐤄 veeraeh and see and I will appear and I will see HC/VNi1cs פְּנֵ֣י 𐤐𐤍𐤉 peney the face of face of before the face of HNcbpc אֱלֹהִֽים 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 elohim Mulimu (Lozi) God mighty ones Elohim HNcmpa

Verse 4

has been she became it was to me — to me my tears my tear my tears bread bread bread by day in the daytime in the daytime and by night night and night saying in saying in saying to me toward me to me all entirety of all of the day the day the day where where? where is your God your Mighty One your Elohim

הָֽיְתָה 𐤄𐤉𐤕𐤄 hayetah has been she became it was HVqp3fs לִּ֬/י 𐤋/𐤉 li to me to me HR/Sp1cs דִמְעָתִ֣/י 𐤃𐤌𐤏𐤕/𐤉 dimeati my tears my tear my tears HNcfsc/Sp1cs לֶ֭חֶם 𐤋𐤇𐤌 lechem bread bread bread HNcbsa יוֹמָ֣ם 𐤉𐤅𐤌𐤌 yomam by day in the daytime in the daytime HD וָ/לָ֑יְלָה 𐤅/𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤄 valayelah and by night night and night HC/Ncmsa בֶּ/אֱמֹ֥ר 𐤁/𐤀𐤌𐤓 beemor saying in saying in saying HR/Vqc אֵלַ֥/י 𐤀𐤋/𐤉 elay to me toward me to me HR/Sp1cs כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal kila (Swahili) all entirety of all of HNcmsc הַ֝/יּ֗וֹם 𐤄/𐤉𐤅𐤌 hayom the day the day the day HTd/Ncmsa אַיֵּ֥ה 𐤀𐤉𐤄 ayeh where where? where HTi אֱלֹהֶֽי/ךָ 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉/𐤊 eloheykha Mulimu (Lozi) is your God your Mighty One your Elohim HNcmpc/Sp2ms

Verse 5

these these ones these ones I-will-remember let me remember let me remember and-I-will-pour-out and let me pour out and I will pour out upon-me upon me upon me my-soul my living being my life for for/because for I-pass I will cross over I will cross in-the-booth dense throng dense throng I-will-murmur-them I will move myself gently with them I will move myself gently with them until up to up to house-of house-of house of God mighty ones Elohim in-voice-of with a sound with a voice shout-of-joy resounding shout resounding shout and-thanks thanksgiving acknowledgment thanksgiving acknowledgment multitude roaring throng of roaring throng of celebrating festival-celebrating one festival-celebrating one

אֵ֤לֶּה 𐤀𐤋𐤄 eleh these these ones these ones HPdxcp אֶזְכְּרָ֨ה 𐤀𐤆𐤊𐤓𐤄 ezekerah kumbuka (Lingala) I-will-remember let me remember let me remember HVqh1cs וְ/אֶשְׁפְּכָ֬ה 𐤅/𐤀𐤔𐤐𐤊𐤄 veeshepekhah and-I-will-pour-out and let me pour out and I will pour out HC/Vqh1cs עָלַ֨/י 𐤏𐤋/𐤉 alay upon-me upon me upon me HR/Sp1cs נַפְשִׁ֗/י 𐤍𐤐𐤔/𐤉 nafeshi my-soul my living being my life HNcbsc/Sp1cs כִּ֤י 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for HC אֶֽעֱבֹ֨ר 𐤀𐤏𐤁𐤓 eevor I-pass I will cross over I will cross HVqi1cs בַּ/סָּךְ֮ 𐤁/𐤎𐤊 basakhe in-the-booth dense throng dense throng HRd/Ncmsa אֶדַּדֵּ֗/ם 𐤀𐤃𐤃/𐤌 edadem I-will-murmur-them I will move myself gently with them I will move myself gently with them HVti1cs/Sp3mp עַד 𐤏𐤃 ad until up to up to HR בֵּ֥ית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt house-of house-of house of HNcmsc אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 elohim Mulimu (Lozi) God mighty ones Elohim HNcmpa בְּ/קוֹל 𐤁/𐤒𐤅𐤋 beqol in-voice-of with a sound with a voice HR/Ncmsc רִנָּ֥ה 𐤓𐤍𐤄 rinah shout-of-joy resounding shout resounding shout HNcfsa וְ/תוֹדָ֗ה 𐤅/𐤕𐤅𐤃𐤄 vetodah Tota (Bemba) and-thanks thanksgiving acknowledgment thanksgiving acknowledgment HC/Ncfsa הָמ֥וֹן 𐤄𐤌𐤅𐤍 hamon multitude roaring throng of roaring throng of HNcmsa חוֹגֵֽג 𐤇𐤅𐤂𐤂 chogeg celebrating festival-celebrating one festival-celebrating one HVqrmsa

Verse 6

why what? why are you cast down you bow yourself down are you bowed down O my soul my living being my life and why do you moan and you roared and you are in tumult within me upon me within me hope cause yourself to hope expectantly cause yourself to hope expectantly in God to mighty ones in Elohim for for/because for still still, again, further again I shall praise him still him I will praise him salvations deliverances of deliverances of of his presence his face his face

מַה 𐤌𐤄 mah why what? why HTi תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י 𐤕𐤔𐤕𐤅𐤇𐤇𐤉 tishetochachi are you cast down you bow yourself down are you bowed down HVri2fs נַפְשִׁ/י֮ 𐤍𐤐𐤔/𐤉 nafeshi O my soul my living being my life HNcbsc/Sp1cs וַ/תֶּהֱמִ֪י 𐤅/𐤕𐤄𐤌𐤉 vatehemi kuma (Kikongo) and why do you moan and you roared and you are in tumult HC/Vqw2fs עָ֫לָ֥/י 𐤏𐤋/𐤉 alay within me upon me within me HR/Sp1cs הוֹחִ֣ילִי 𐤄𐤅𐤇𐤉𐤋𐤉 hochili hope cause yourself to hope expectantly cause yourself to hope expectantly HVhv2fs לֵֽ֭/אלֹהִים 𐤋/𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 lelohim Mulimu (Lozi) in God to mighty ones in Elohim HR/Ncmpa כִּי 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for HC ע֥וֹד 𐤏𐤅𐤃 od still still, again, further again HD אוֹדֶ֗/נּוּ 𐤀𐤅𐤃/𐤍𐤅 odenu yidika (Kikongo) I shall praise him still him I will praise him HVhi1cs/Sp3ms יְשׁוּע֥וֹת 𐤉𐤔𐤅𐤏𐤅𐤕 yeshuot salvations deliverances of deliverances of HNcfpc פָּנָֽי/ו 𐤐𐤍𐤉/𐤅 panayv of his presence his face his face HNcbpc/Sp3ms

Verse 7

my God my mighty ones my Elohim upon me upon me upon me my soul my living being my life pours itself out she will bow herself down it will bow itself down upon upon upon so thus thus I remember you I will remember you I will remember you from the land from land from land of the Jordan Descender Yareden and of Hermons and Hermon summits and Cheremonim from the mountain from the mountain from the mountain of Mizar Small Peak Mizar

אֱֽלֹהַ֗/י 𐤀𐤋𐤄/𐤉 elohay Mulimu (Lozi) my God my mighty ones my Elohim HNcmpc/Sp1cs עָלַ/י֮ 𐤏𐤋/𐤉 alay upon me upon me upon me HR/Sp1cs נַפְשִׁ֪/י 𐤍𐤐𐤔/𐤉 nafeshi my soul my living being my life HNcbsc/Sp1cs תִשְׁתּ֫וֹחָ֥ח 𐤕𐤔𐤕𐤅𐤇𐤇 tishetochach pours itself out she will bow herself down it will bow itself down HVri3fs עַל 𐤏𐤋 al upon upon upon HR כֵּ֗ן 𐤊𐤍 ken cine (Bemba) so thus thus HTm אֶ֭זְכָּרְ/ךָ 𐤀𐤆𐤊𐤓/𐤊 ezekarekha kumbuka (Lingala) I remember you I will remember you I will remember you HVqi1cs/Sp2ms מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ 𐤌/𐤀𐤓𐤑 meerets Ayé (Yoruba) from the land from land from land HR/Ncbsc יַרְדֵּ֑ן 𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍 yareden of the Jordan Descender Yareden HNp וְ֝/חֶרְמוֹנִ֗ים 𐤅/𐤇𐤓𐤌𐤅𐤍𐤉𐤌 vecheremonim and of Hermons and Hermon summits and Cheremonim HC/Np מֵ/הַ֥ר 𐤌/𐤄𐤓 mehar from the mountain from the mountain from the mountain HR/Ncmsc מִצְעָֽר 𐤌𐤑𐤏𐤓 mitsear of Mizar Small Peak Mizar HNcmsa

Verse 8

Deep roaring deep the deep to toward to deep roaring deep the deep calls calling one calls at the voice to the sound of to the voice of of your waterfalls your water-conduits your waterfalls all entirety of all of your breakers your breaking waves your breakers and your waves and your heaped masses and your waves over me upon me over me have gone they crossed over they crossed

תְּהֽוֹם 𐤕𐤄𐤅𐤌 tehom Deep roaring deep the deep HNcbsa אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to toward to HR תְּה֣וֹם 𐤕𐤄𐤅𐤌 tehom-2 deep roaring deep the deep HNcbsa ק֭וֹרֵא 𐤒𐤅𐤓𐤀 qore calls calling one calls HVqrmsa לְ/ק֣וֹל 𐤋/𐤒𐤅𐤋 leqol at the voice to the sound of to the voice of HR/Ncmsc צִנּוֹרֶ֑י/ךָ 𐤑𐤍𐤅𐤓𐤉/𐤊 tsinoreykha of your waterfalls your water-conduits your waterfalls HNcmpc/Sp2ms כָּֽל 𐤊𐤋 kal kila (Swahili) all entirety of all of HNcmsc מִשְׁבָּרֶ֥י/ךָ 𐤌𐤔𐤁𐤓𐤉/𐤊 mishebareykha your breakers your breaking waves your breakers HNcmpc/Sp2ms וְ֝/גַלֶּ֗י/ךָ 𐤅/𐤂𐤋𐤉/𐤊 vegaleykha kala (Kongo) and your waves and your heaped masses and your waves HC/Ncmpc/Sp2ms עָלַ֥/י 𐤏𐤋/𐤉 alay over me upon me over me HR/Sp1cs עָבָֽרוּ 𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤅 avaru have gone they crossed over they crossed HVqp3cp

Verse 9

by day in the daytime in the daytime will command he will command he will command the LORD Yahweh Yahweh his lovingkindness his covenant-loyalty his covenant-loyalty and in the night and in the night and in the night his song his song song his song his song his song with me with me with me prayer interceding prayer interceding prayer to God to a mighty one to the mighty one of my life my lives my livings

יוֹמָ֤ם 𐤉𐤅𐤌𐤌 yomam by day in the daytime in the daytime HD יְצַוֶּ֬ה 𐤉𐤑𐤅𐤄 yetsaveh will command he will command he will command HVpi3ms יְהוָ֨ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp חַסְדּ֗/וֹ 𐤇𐤎𐤃/𐤅 chasedo his lovingkindness his covenant-loyalty his covenant-loyalty HNcmsc/Sp3ms וּ֭/בַ/לַּיְלָה 𐤅/𐤁/𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤄 uvalayelah and in the night and in the night and in the night HC/Rd/Ncmsa שיר/ה 𐤔𐤉𐤓/𐤄 shyrh his song his song song HNcbsc/Sp3ms שִׁיר֣/וֹ 𐤔𐤉𐤓/𐤅 shiro his song his song his song HNcbsc/Sp3ms עִמִּ֑/י 𐤏𐤌/𐤉 imi with me with me with me HR/Sp1cs תְּ֝פִלָּ֗ה 𐤕𐤐𐤋𐤄 tefilah prayer interceding prayer interceding prayer HNcfsa לְ/אֵ֣ל 𐤋/𐤀𐤋 leel to God to a mighty one to the mighty one HR/Ncmsc חַיָּֽ/י 𐤇𐤉/𐤉 chayay hai (Swahili) of my life my lives my livings HNcmpc/Sp1cs

Verse 10

I say let me say let me say to God to a mighty one to God my Rock my crag my Rock why for what? why have you forgotten me you have forgotten me have you forgotten me why for what? why do I go mourning darkening one do I go mourning do I go I will go do I go because of oppression in pressing-distress in oppression of the enemy hostile one of the enemy

אוֹמְרָ֤ה 𐤀𐤅𐤌𐤓𐤄 omerah I say let me say let me say HVqh1cs לְ/אֵ֥ל 𐤋/𐤀𐤋 leel to God to a mighty one to God HR/Ncmsa סַלְעִ/י֮ 𐤎𐤋𐤏/𐤉 salei my Rock my crag my Rock HNcmsc/Sp1cs לָ/מָ֪ה 𐤋/𐤌𐤄 lamah why for what? why HR/Ti שְׁכַ֫חְתָּ֥/נִי 𐤔𐤊𐤇𐤕/𐤍𐤉 shekhachetani have you forgotten me you have forgotten me have you forgotten me HVqp2ms/Sp1cs לָֽ/מָּה 𐤋/𐤌𐤄 lamah-2 why for what? why HR/Ti קֹדֵ֥ר 𐤒𐤃𐤓 qoder do I go mourning darkening one do I go mourning HVqrmsa אֵלֵ֗ךְ 𐤀𐤋𐤊 elekhe do I go I will go do I go HVqi1cs בְּ/לַ֣חַץ 𐤁/𐤋𐤇𐤑 belachats lata (Kikongo) because of oppression in pressing-distress in oppression HR/Ncmsc אוֹיֵֽב 𐤀𐤅𐤉𐤁 oyev of the enemy hostile one of the enemy HVqrmsa

Verse 11

in-murder in homicide in homicide in-my-bones in my bones in my bones have-reproached-me they taunted me they insulted me my-adversaries my binding-ones my oppressing ones in-their-saying in their saying in their saying to-me toward me to me all entirety of all of the-day the day the day where where? where your-God your Mighty One your Elohim

בְּ/רֶ֤צַח 𐤁/𐤓𐤑𐤇 beretsach in-murder in homicide in homicide HR/Ncmsa בְּֽ/עַצְמוֹתַ֗/י 𐤁/𐤏𐤑𐤌𐤅𐤕/𐤉 beatsemotay in-my-bones in my bones in my bones HR/Ncfpc/Sp1cs חֵרְפ֥וּ/נִי 𐤇𐤓𐤐𐤅/𐤍𐤉 cherefuni karipia (Swahili) have-reproached-me they taunted me they insulted me HVpp3cp/Sp1cs צוֹרְרָ֑/י 𐤑𐤅𐤓𐤓/𐤉 tsoreray my-adversaries my binding-ones my oppressing ones HVqrmpc/Sp1cs בְּ/אָמְרָ֥/ם 𐤁/𐤀𐤌𐤓/𐤌 beameram in-their-saying in their saying in their saying HR/Vqc/Sp3mp אֵלַ֥/י 𐤀𐤋/𐤉 elay to-me toward me to me HR/Sp1cs כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal kila (Swahili) all entirety of all of HNcmsc הַ֝/יּ֗וֹם 𐤄/𐤉𐤅𐤌 hayom the-day the day the day HTd/Ncmsa אַיֵּ֥ה 𐤀𐤉𐤄 ayeh where where? where HTi אֱלֹהֶֽי/ךָ 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉/𐤊 eloheykha Mulimu (Lozi) your-God your Mighty One your Elohim HNcmpc/Sp2ms

Verse 12

Why what? why do you bow down you bow yourself down do you bow yourself down O my soul my living being my life and why and what? and why do you moan you roar do you roar within me upon me within me hope cause yourself to hope expectantly cause yourself to hope expectantly in God to mighty ones in Elohim for for/because for yet still, again, further again I will praise Him still him I will praise him salvations deliverances of deliverances of of my face my face my face and my God and my Mighty-Ones and my Elohim

מַה 𐤌𐤄 mah Why what? why HTi תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י 𐤕𐤔𐤕𐤅𐤇𐤇𐤉 tishetochachi do you bow down you bow yourself down do you bow yourself down HVri2fs נַפְשִׁ/י֮ 𐤍𐤐𐤔/𐤉 nafeshi O my soul my living being my life HNcbsc/Sp1cs וּֽ/מַה 𐤅/𐤌𐤄 umah and why and what? and why HC/Ti תֶּהֱמִ֪י 𐤕𐤄𐤌𐤉 tehemi kuma (Kikongo) do you moan you roar do you roar HVqi2fs עָ֫לָ֥/י 𐤏𐤋/𐤉 alay within me upon me within me HR/Sp1cs הוֹחִ֣ילִי 𐤄𐤅𐤇𐤉𐤋𐤉 hochili hope cause yourself to hope expectantly cause yourself to hope expectantly HVhv2fs לֵֽ֭/אלֹהִים 𐤋/𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 lelohim Mulimu (Lozi) in God to mighty ones in Elohim HR/Ncmpa כִּי 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for HC ע֣וֹד 𐤏𐤅𐤃 od yet still, again, further again HD אוֹדֶ֑/נּוּ 𐤀𐤅𐤃/𐤍𐤅 odenu yidika (Kikongo) I will praise Him still him I will praise him HVhi1cs/Sp3ms יְשׁוּעֹ֥ת 𐤉𐤔𐤅𐤏𐤕 yeshuot salvations deliverances of deliverances of HNcfpc פָּ֝נַ֗/י 𐤐𐤍/𐤉 panay of my face my face my face HNcbpc/Sp1cs וֵֽ/אלֹהָֽ/י 𐤅/𐤀𐤋𐤄/𐤉 velohay Mulimu (Lozi) and my God and my Mighty-Ones and my Elohim HC/Ncmpc/Sp1cs

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