I will say unto God, which is my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning, when the enemy oppresseth me?

10 My [a]bones are cut asunder, while mine enemies reproach me, saying daily unto me, Where is thy God?

11 [b]Why art thou cast down, my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? wait on God: for I will yet give him thanks: he is my present help and my God.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:10 That is, I am most grievously tormented.
  2. Psalm 42:11 This repetition doth declare that David did not overcome at once, to teach us to be constant, forasmuch as God will certainly deliver his.

I say to God my Rock,(A)
    “Why have you forgotten(B) me?
Why must I go about mourning,(C)
    oppressed(D) by the enemy?”(E)
10 My bones suffer mortal agony(F)
    as my foes taunt(G) me,
saying to me all day long,
    “Where is your God?”(H)

11 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
    Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
    for I will yet praise him,
    my Savior and my God.(I)

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