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(A)My soul thirsts for God,
    for (B)the living God.
When shall I come and (C)appear before God?[a]
(D)My tears have been my food
    day and night,
(E)while they say to me all the day long,
    “Where is your God?”
These things I remember,
    as I (F)pour out my soul:
(G)how I would go (H)with the throng
    and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
    (I)a multitude keeping festival.

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  1. Psalm 42:2 Revocalization yields and see the face of God

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.