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?”
I remember these things and (F)pour out my soul within me.
For I (G)used to go over with the multitude and walk them to the house of God,
With a voice of (H)joy and thanksgiving, a multitude celebrating a festival.

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  1. Psalm 42:2 Some mss 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.

And the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and make a (A)mark on the foreheads of the people who (B)groan and sigh over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.”

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and said to him, “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem(A) and put a mark(B) on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament(C) over all the detestable things that are done in it.(D)

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