--- title: Psalms 42 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Psalms chapter 42 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: BOOK II For the Leader; Maschil of the sons of Korah. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/42/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Psalms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/) / chapter 42 # Psalms 42 12 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [42:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.42.1/) — לַמְנַצֵּחַ מַשְׂכִּיל לִבְנֵי־קֹֽרַח׃ — BOOK II For the Leader; Maschil of the sons of Korah. - [42:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.42.2/) — כְּאַיָּל תַּעֲרֹג עַל־אֲפִֽיקֵי־מָיִם כֵּן נַפְשִׁי תַעֲרֹג אֵלֶיךָ אֱלֹהִֽים׃ — As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God. - [42:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.42.3/) — צָמְאָה נַפְשִׁי ׀ לֵאלֹהִים לְאֵל חָי מָתַי אָבוֹא וְאֵרָאֶה פְּנֵי אֱלֹהִֽים׃ — My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: 'When shall I come and appear before God?' - [42:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.42.4/) — הָֽיְתָה־לִּי דִמְעָתִי לֶחֶם יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה בֶּאֱמֹר אֵלַי כָּל־הַיּוֹם אַיֵּה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ — My tears have been my food day and night, while they say unto me all the day: 'Where is Thy God?' - [42:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.42.5/) — אֵלֶּה אֶזְכְּרָה ׀ וְאֶשְׁפְּכָה עָלַי ׀ נַפְשִׁי כִּי אֶֽעֱבֹר ׀ בַּסָּךְ אֶדַּדֵּם עַד־בֵּית אֱלֹהִים בְּקוֹל־רִנָּה וְתוֹדָה הָמוֹן חוֹגֵֽג׃ — These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I passed on with the throng, and led them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday. - [42:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.42.6/) — מַה־תִּשְׁתּוֹחֲחִי ׀ נַפְשִׁי וַתֶּהֱמִי עָלָי הוֹחִילִי לֵֽאלֹהִים כִּי־עוֹד אוֹדֶנּוּ יְשׁוּעוֹת פָּנָֽיו׃ — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why moanest thou within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise Him for the salvation of His countenance. - [42:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.42.7/) — אֱ‍ֽלֹהַי עָלַי נַפְשִׁי תִשְׁתּוֹחָח עַל־כֵּן אֶזְכָּרְךָ מֵאֶרֶץ יַרְדֵּן וְחֶרְמוֹנִים מֵהַר מִצְעָֽר׃ — O my God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore do I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, and the Hermons, from the hill Mizar. - [42:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.42.8/) — תְּהֽוֹם־אֶל־תְּהוֹם קוֹרֵא לְקוֹל צִנּוֹרֶיךָ כָּֽל־מִשְׁבָּרֶיךָ וְגַלֶּיךָ עָלַי עָבָֽרוּ׃ — Deep calleth unto deep at the voice of Thy cataracts; all Thy waves and Thy billows are gone over me. - [42:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.42.9/) — יוֹמָם ׀ יְצַוֶּה יְהוָה ׀ חַסְדּוֹ וּבַלַּיְלָה שִׁירוֹ עִמִּי תְּפִלָּה לְאֵל חַיָּֽי׃ — By day the LORD will command His lovingkindness, and in the night His song shall be with me, even a prayer unto the God of my life. - [42:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.42.10/) — אוֹמְרָה ׀ לְאֵל סַלְעִי לָמָה שְׁכַחְתָּנִי לָֽמָּה־קֹדֵר אֵלֵךְ בְּלַחַץ אוֹיֵֽב׃ — I will say unto God my Rock: 'Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?' - [42:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.42.11/) — בְּרֶצַח ׀ בְּֽעַצְמוֹתַי חֵרְפוּנִי צוֹרְרָי בְּאָמְרָם אֵלַי כָּל־הַיּוֹם אַיֵּה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ — As with a crushing in my bones, mine adversaries taunt me; while they say unto me all the day: 'Where is Thy God?' - [42:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.42.12/) — מַה־תִּשְׁתּוֹחֲחִי ׀ נַפְשִׁי וּֽמַה־תֶּהֱמִי עָלָי הוֹחִילִי לֵֽאלֹהִים כִּי־עוֹד אוֹדֶנּוּ יְשׁוּעֹת פָּנַי וֵֽאלֹהָֽי׃ — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why moanest thou within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise Him, the salvation of my countenance, and my God. - ← previous: [Psalms 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/41/) - next →: [Psalms 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/43/) - ↑ back to [Psalms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/)