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1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
3 My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”
4 These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to God’s house, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.
5 Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.
6 My God, my soul is in despair within me. Therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
8 Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.
9 I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
10 As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”
11 Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.
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Psalms 42 study resources: word-by-word Hebrew interlinear with Strong's numbers, 27 cross-references, 1 Early-Church citation.
Cross-references in Psalms 42 (27)
- v.1 Psalms 63:1-2
- v.5 Psalms 37:7
- v.1 Psalms 143:6-7
- v.1 Psalms 119:131
- v.1 Isaiah 26:8-9
- v.5 Hebrews 10:36-37
- v.1 Psalms 84:1-2
- v.5 Psalms 61:2
- v.5 Matthew 1:23
- v.5 Psalms 27:13-14
- v.5 Psalms 56:3
- v.1 Psalms 48:1
- v.11 Psalms 42:5
- v.1 Psalms 46:1
- v.5 Lamentations 3:24-26
- v.2 Psalms 63:1
- v.1 Psalms 85:1
- v.5 Psalms 43:5
- v.6 Psalms 61:2
- v.2 Psalms 84:10
- v.11 Jeremiah 33:6
- v.2 John 7:37
- v.5 Psalms 42:11
- v.7 Jonah 2:3
- v.11 Jeremiah 30:17
- v.11 Psalms 43:5
- v.2 Psalms 27:4
Hebrew interlinear — Psalms 42:1–11 (128 words)
1
- כְּאַיָּ֗לkĕʾayyālayal: a stag or male deerH354
- תַּעֲרֹ֥גtaʿărōg`arag: to long forH6165
- עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- אֲפִֽיקֵיʾăpîqêaphiyq: (properly) containing; a tubeH650
- מָ֑יִםmāyimmayim: water; (figuratively) juiceH4325
- כֵּ֤ןkēnken: (properly) set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) justH3651
- נַפְשִׁ֨יnapšînephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
- תַעֲרֹ֖גtaʿărōg`arag: to long forH6165
- אֵלֶ֣יךָʾēlêkāel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
- אֱלֹהִֽים׃ʾĕlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
2
- צָמְאָ֬הṣomʾâtsame': to thirst (literally or figuratively)H6770
- נַפְשִׁ֨י׀napšînephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
- לֵאלֹהִים֮lēʾlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
- לְאֵ֪לlĕʾēlel: strength; (as adjective) mightyH410
- חָ֥יḥāychay: alive; (hence) raw (flesh)H2416
- מָתַ֥יmātaymathay: (properly) extent (of time)H4970
- אָב֑וֹאʾābôʾbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
- וְ֝אֵרָאֶ֗הwĕʾērāʾera'ah: to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and...H7200
- פְּנֵ֣יpĕnêpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
- אֱלֹהִֽים׃ʾĕlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
3
- הָֽיְתָהhāyĕtâhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
- לִּ֬יlî
- דִמְעָתִ֣יdimʿātîdim`ah: weepingH1832
- לֶ֭חֶםleḥemlechem: food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)H3899
- יוֹמָ֣םyômāmyowmam: dailyH3119
- וָלָ֑יְלָהwālāyĕlâlayil: (properly) a twist (away of the light), i.e. nightH3915
- בֶּאֱמֹ֥רbeʾĕmōramar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
- אֵלַ֥יʾēlayel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
- כָּלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- הַ֝יּ֗וֹםhayyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
- אַיֵּ֥הʾayyēayeh: where?H346
- אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ʾĕlōhêkāelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
4
- אֵ֤לֶּהʾēlleel-leh: these or thoseH428
- אֶזְכְּרָ֨ה׀ʾezkĕrâzakar: (properly) to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to rememberH2142
- וְאֶשְׁפְּכָ֬הwĕʾešpĕkâshaphak: to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal)H8210
- עָלַ֨י׀ʿālay`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- נַפְשִׁ֗יnapšînephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
- כִּ֤יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- אֶֽעֱבֹ֨ר׀ʾeʿĕbōr`abar: to cross overH5674
- בַּסָּךְ֮bassokcak: (properly) a thicket of men, i.e. a crowdH5519
- אֶדַּדֵּ֗םʾeddaddēmdadah: to walk gentlyH1718
- עַדʿad`ad: (properly) a (peremptory) terminusH5704
- בֵּ֥יתbêtbayith: a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)H1004
- אֱלֹ֫הִ֥יםʾĕlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
- בְּקוֹלbĕqôlqowl: a voice or soundH6963
- רִנָּ֥הrinnârinnah: (properly) a creaking (or shrill sound), i.e. shout (of joy or grief)H7440
- וְתוֹדָ֗הwĕtôdâtowdah: (properly) an extension of the hand; (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adorationH8426
- הָמ֥וֹןhāmônhamown: a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealthH1995
- חוֹגֵֽג׃ḥôgēgchagag: (properly) to move in a circle; (specifically) to march in a sacred procession, to observe a festivalH2287
5
- מַהmamah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
- תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י׀tištôḥăḥîshachach: to sink or depress (reflexive or causative)H7817
- נַפְשִׁי֮napšiynephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
- וַתֶּהֱמִ֪יwattehĕmîhamah: to make a loud sound like Engl. "hum"); (by implication) to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan...H1993
- עָ֫לָ֥יʿālāy`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- הוֹחִ֣לִיhôḥilîyachal: to wait; (by implication) to be patient, hopeH3176
- לֵֽ֭אלֹהִיםlēʾlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
- כִּיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- ע֥וֹדʿôd`owd: (properly) iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly...H5750
- אוֹדֶ֗נּוּʾôdennûyadah: (literally) to use (i.e. hold out) the handH3034
- יְשׁוּע֥וֹתyĕšûʿôtyshuw`ah: something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliveranceH3444
- פָּנָֽיו׃pānāywpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
6
- אֱֽלֹהַ֗יʾĕlōhayelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
- עָלַי֮ʿālay`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- נַפְשִׁ֪יnapšînephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
- תִשְׁתּ֫וֹחָ֥חtištôḥāḥshachach: to sink or depress (reflexive or causative)H7817
- עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- כֵּ֗ןkēnken: (properly) set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) justH3651
- אֶ֭זְכָּרְךָʾezkorkāzakar: (properly) to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to rememberH2142
- מֵאֶ֣רֶץmēʾereṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
- יַרְדֵּ֑ןyardēnYarden: a descender; Jarden, the principal river of IsraelH3383
- וְ֝חֶרְמוֹנִ֗יםwĕḥermônîmChermowniym: Hermons, i.e. its peaksH2769
- מֵהַ֥רmēharhar: a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)H2022
- מִצְעָֽר׃miṣʿārMits`ar: Mitsar, a peak of LebanonH4706
7
- תְּהֽוֹםtĕhômthowm: an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean water-supply)H8415
- אֶלʾelel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
- תְּה֣וֹםtĕhômthowm: an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean water-supply)H8415
- ק֭וֹרֵאqôrēʾqara': to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)H7121
- לְק֣וֹלlĕqôlqowl: a voice or soundH6963
- צִנּוֹרֶ֑יךָṣinnôrêkātsinnuwr: a culvertH6794
- כָּֽלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- מִשְׁבָּרֶ֥יךָmišbārêkāmishbar: a breaker (of the sea)H4867
- וְ֝גַלֶּ֗יךָwĕgallêkāgal: something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)H1530
- עָלַ֥יʿālay`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- עָבָֽרוּ׃ʿābārû`abar: to cross overH5674
8
- יוֹמָ֤ם׀yômāmyowmam: dailyH3119
- יְצַוֶּ֬הyĕṣawwetsavah: (intensively) to constitute, enjoinH6680
- יְהוָ֨ה׀yĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- חַסְדּ֗וֹḥasdôcheced: kindness; (by implication, towards God) pietyH2617
- וּ֭בַלַּיְלָהûballaylâlayil: (properly) a twist (away of the light), i.e. nightH3915
- שִׁירֹ֣הšîrōshiyr: a song; abstractly, singingH7892
- עִמִּ֑יʿimmî`im: adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applicationsH5973
- תְּ֝פִלָּ֗הtĕpillâtphillah: intercession, supplication; (by implication) a hymnH8605
- לְאֵ֣לlĕʾēlel: strength; (as adjective) mightyH410
- חַיָּֽי׃ḥayyāychay: alive; (hence) raw (flesh)H2416
9
- אוֹמְרָ֤ה׀ʾômĕrâamar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
- לְאֵ֥לlĕʾēlel: strength; (as adjective) mightyH410
- סַלְעִי֮salʿiycela`: a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)H5553
- לָמָ֪הlāmâmah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
- שְׁכַ֫חְתָּ֥נִיšĕkaḥtānîshakach: to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attentionH7911
- לָֽמָּהlāmmâmah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
- קֹדֵ֥רqōdērqadar: to be ashy, i.e. dark-colored; (by implication) to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)H6937
- אֵלֵ֗ךְʾēlēkhalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
- בְּלַ֣חַץbĕlaḥaṣlachats: distressH3906
- אוֹיֵֽב׃ʾôyēboyeb: hating; an adversaryH341
10
- בְּרֶ֤צַח׀bĕreṣaḥretsach: a crushing; specifically, a murder-cryH7524
- בְּֽעַצְמוֹתַ֗יbĕʿaṣmôtay`etsem: a bone (as strong); by extension, the bodyH6106
- חֵרְפ֥וּנִיḥērĕpûnîcharaph.: to pull off; (by implication) to expose (as by stripping)H2778
- צוֹרְרָ֑יṣôrĕrāytsarar: to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (as follows)H6887
- בְּאָמְרָ֥םbĕʾomrāmamar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
- אֵלַ֥יʾēlayel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
- כָּלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- הַ֝יּ֗וֹםhayyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
- אַיֵּ֥הʾayyēayeh: where?H346
- אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ʾĕlōhêkāelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
11
- מַהmamah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
- תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י׀tištôḥăḥîshachach: to sink or depress (reflexive or causative)H7817
- נַפְשִׁי֮napšiynephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
- וּֽמַהûmamah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
- תֶּהֱמִ֪יtehĕmîhamah: to make a loud sound like Engl. "hum"); (by implication) to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan...H1993
- עָ֫לָ֥יʿālāy`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- הוֹחִ֣ילִיhôḥîlîyachal: to wait; (by implication) to be patient, hopeH3176
- לֵֽ֭אלֹהִיםlēʾlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
- כִּיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- ע֣וֹדʿôd`owd: (properly) iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly...H5750
- אוֹדֶ֑נּוּʾôdennûyadah: (literally) to use (i.e. hold out) the handH3034
- יְשׁוּעֹ֥תyĕšûʿōtyshuw`ah: something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliveranceH3444
- פָּ֝נַ֗יpānaypaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
- וֵֽאלֹהָֽי׃wēʾlōhāyelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
Strong's words in Psalms 42 (6)
- Strong's H430 — אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (ʾĕlōhîm)
- elohiym (el-o-heem') n-m. 1. gods in the ordinary sense 2. but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God 3. occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates 4. and sometimes as a superlative [plural of H433] KJV: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty. Root(s): H433. Appears 10 times in Psalms 42.
- Strong's H5315 — נַפְשִׁ֨י (napšî)
- nephesh (neh'-fesh) n-f. 1. (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality 2. used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) [from H5314] KJV: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it. Root(s): H5314. Appears 6 times in Psalms 42.
- Strong's H4100 — מַה (ma)
- mah (maw) (or mah {mah} or ma {maw}; or ma {mah}; also meh {meh};) p/i. 1. (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?) 2. (also, exclamation) what! (including how!) 3. (indefinitely) what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which) 4. often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses [a primitive particle] KJV: how (long, oft, (- soever)), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.. Appears 5 times in Psalms 42.
- Strong's H3605 — כָּל (kāl)
- kol (kole) (or (Jer. 33) n-m. 1. (properly) the whole 2. (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) [from H3634] KJV: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever). Root(s): H3634. Appears 3 times in Psalms 42.
- Strong's H410 — לְאֵ֪ל (lĕʾēl)
- el (ale) n-m. 1. strength 2. (as adjective) mighty 3. (especially) the Almighty (but used also of any deity) [shortened from H352] KJV: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Root(s): H352 Compare: names, in, "-el.". Appears 3 times in Psalms 42.
- Strong's H559 — בֶּאֱמֹ֥ר (beʾĕmōr)
- amar (aw-mar') v. 1. to say (used with great latitude) [a primitive root] KJV: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.. Appears 3 times in Psalms 42.
“And if you should ever perceive your soul drawing back, let the mind of Christ, which is in us, say to it, when it wishes to trouble that mind as much as it can, “Why are you sorrowful, my soul, and why do you disquiet me? Hope in God, for I shall yet give him thanks.” I pray...”