Psalm 42:6-8

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^5-6Why am I so sad?
    Why am I so upset?
I tell myself, “Wait for God’s help!
    You will again be able to praise him,
    your God, the one who will save you.”
In my sadness I say, “I will remember you from here on this small hill,^[a]
    where Mount Hermon and the Jordan River meet.”
⁷I hear the roar of the water coming from deep within the earth.
    It shouts to the water below as it tumbles down the waterfall.
God, your waves come one after another,
    crashing all around and over me.^[b]

⁸By day the Lord shows his faithful love,
and at night I have a song for him—a prayer for the God of my life.^[c]

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Footnotes

Psalm 42:5 small hill Or “Mount Mizar.”
Psalm 42:7 God, your waves … over me These word pictures describe the psalmist’s feelings about the many troubles the Lord has allowed him to experience.
Psalm 42:8 the God of my life Or “my living God.”