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My soul (A)thirsts for God, for the (B)living God;
When shall I come and [a](C)appear before God?
My (D)tears have been my food day and night,
While they (E)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
These things I remember and I (F)pour out my soul within me.
For I (G)used to go along with the throng and [b]lead them in procession to the house of God,
With the sound of a (H)shout of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:2 Some mss see the face of God
  2. Psalm 42:4 Or move slowly with them

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.