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My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

My tears have been my bread day and night, while they say unto me all the day, Where is thy God?

These things I remember and have poured out my soul within me: how I passed along with the multitude, how I went on with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a festive multitude.

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My soul thirsts(A) for God, for the living God.(B)
    When can I go(C) and meet with God?
My tears(D) have been my food
    day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
    “Where is your God?”(E)
These things I remember
    as I pour out my soul:(F)
how I used to go to the house of God(G)
    under the protection of the Mighty One[a]
with shouts of joy(H) and praise(I)
    among the festive throng.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:4 See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.