Monday, December 19, 2016

Psalm 42 ... Viewing the works of God through scripture

1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks,
so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
 

2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:
when shall I come and appear before God?
 

3 My tears have been my meat day and night,
while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
 

4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me:
for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God,
with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
 

5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me?
hope thou in God:for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance.
 

6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me:
therefore will I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
 

7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts:
all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
 

8 Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime,
and in the night his song shall be with me,
and my prayer unto the God of my life.
 

9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me?
why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
 

10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me;
while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
 

11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me?
hope thou in God:for I shall yet praise Him,
who is the health of my countenance, and my God.