Psalm 42:3-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 My soul thirsts for God, the living God.
When can I enter and see the face of God?[a](A)
4 My tears have been my bread day and night,(B)
as they ask me every day, “Where is your God?”(C)
5 Those times I recall
as I pour out my soul,(D)
When I would cross over to the shrine of the Mighty One,[b]
to the house of God,
Amid loud cries of thanksgiving,
with the multitude keeping festival.(E)
Footnotes
- 42:3 See the face of God: “face” designates a personal presence (Gn 33:10; Ex 10:28–29; 2 Sm 17:11). The expressions “see God/God’s face” occur elsewhere (Ps 11:7; 17:15; cf. Ex 24:10; 33:7–11; Jb 33:26) for the presence of God in the Temple.
- 42:5 The shrine of the Mighty One: this reading follows the tradition of the Septuagint and the Vulgate.
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