My (A)tears have been my food day and night,
While they (B)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
I remember these things and (C)pour out my soul within me.
For I (D)used to go over with the multitude and walk them to the house of God,
With a voice of (E)joy and thanksgiving, a multitude celebrating a festival.

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

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Footnotes

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