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תהלים מבPsalm 42

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Psalm 42תהלים מ״ב

Chapter 42 of 150 · 12 verses · 526 letters

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  1. א

    לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מַשְׂכִּ֥יל לִבְנֵי־קֹֽרַח׃

    For the Leader; Maschil of the sons of Korah.

  2. ב

    כְּאַיָּ֗ל תַּעֲרֹ֥ג עַל־אֲפִֽיקֵי־מָ֑יִם כֵּ֤ן נַפְשִׁ֨י תַעֲרֹ֖ג אֵלֶ֣יךָ אֱ־לֹהִֽים׃

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

  3. ג

    צָמְאָ֬ה נַפְשִׁ֨י לֵא־לֹהִים֮ לְאֵ֪ל חָ֥י מָתַ֥י אָב֑וֹא וְ֝אֵרָאֶ֗ה פְּנֵ֣י אֱ־לֹהִֽים׃

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

  4. ד

    הָֽיְתָה־לִּ֬י דִמְעָתִ֣י לֶ֭חֶם יוֹמָ֣ם וָלָ֑יְלָה בֶּאֱמֹ֥ר אֵלַ֥י כָּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם אַיֵּ֥ה אֱ־לֹהֶֽיךָ׃

    My tears have been my food day and night, while they say unto me all the day: 'Where is Thy God?'

  5. ה

    אֵ֤לֶּה אֶזְכְּרָ֨ה וְאֶשְׁפְּכָ֬ה עָלַ֨י נַפְשִׁ֗י כִּ֤י אֶֽעֱבֹ֨ר בַּסָּךְ֮ אֶדַּדֵּ֗ם עַד־בֵּ֥ית אֱ־לֹ֫הִ֥ים בְּקוֹל־רִנָּ֥ה וְתוֹדָ֗ה הָמ֥וֹן חוֹגֵֽג׃

    These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I passed on with the throng, and led them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.

  6. ו

    מַה־תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י נַפְשִׁי֮ וַתֶּהֱמִ֪י עָ֫לָ֥י הוֹחִ֣ילִי לֵֽ֭א־לֹהִים כִּי־ע֥וֹד אוֹדֶ֗נּוּ יְשׁוּע֥וֹת פָּנָֽיו׃

    Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why moanest thou within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise Him for the salvation of His countenance.

  7. ז

    אֱֽ־לֹהַ֗י עָלַי֮ נַפְשִׁ֪י תִשְׁתּ֫וֹחָ֥ח עַל־כֵּ֗ן אֶ֭זְכָּרְךָ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ יַרְדֵּ֑ן וְ֝חֶרְמוֹנִ֗ים מֵהַ֥ר מִצְעָֽר׃

    O my God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore do I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, and the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

  8. ח

    תְּהֽוֹם־אֶל־תְּה֣וֹם ק֭וֹרֵא לְק֣וֹל צִנּוֹרֶ֑יךָ כָּֽל־מִשְׁבָּרֶ֥יךָ וְ֝גַלֶּ֗יךָ עָלַ֥י עָבָֽרוּ׃

    Deep calleth unto deep at the voice of Thy cataracts; all Thy waves and Thy billows are gone over me.

  9. ט

    יוֹמָ֤ם יְצַוֶּ֬ה יְקוָ֨ק חַסְדּ֗וֹ וּ֭בַלַּיְלָה שירהשִׁיר֣וֹ עִמִּ֑י תְּ֝פִלָּ֗ה לְאֵ֣ל חַיָּֽי׃

    By day the LORD will command His lovingkindness, and in the night His song shall be with me, even a prayer unto the God of my life.

  10. י

    אוֹמְרָ֤ה לְאֵ֥ל סַלְעִי֮ לָמָ֪ה שְׁכַ֫חְתָּ֥נִי לָֽמָּה־קֹדֵ֥ר אֵלֵ֗ךְ בְּלַ֣חַץ אוֹיֵֽב׃

    I will say unto God my Rock: 'Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?'

  11. יא

    בְּרֶ֤צַח בְּֽעַצְמוֹתַ֗י חֵרְפ֥וּנִי צוֹרְרָ֑י בְּאָמְרָ֥ם אֵלַ֥י כָּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם אַיֵּ֥ה אֱ־לֹהֶֽיךָ׃

    As with a crushing in my bones, mine adversaries taunt me; while they say unto me all the day: 'Where is Thy God?'

  12. יב

    מַה־תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י נַפְשִׁי֮ וּֽמַה־תֶּהֱמִ֪י עָ֫לָ֥י הוֹחִ֣ילִי לֵֽ֭א־לֹהִים כִּי־ע֣וֹד אוֹדֶ֑נּוּ יְשׁוּעֹ֥ת פָּ֝נַ֗י וֵֽא־לֹהָֽי׃

    Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why moanest thou within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise Him, the salvation of my countenance, and my God.

A small word beside an unpointed word is the qere, the form read aloud. The letters in the text and in every search are the written form, the ketiv. Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, by way of Open Scriptures. English: JPS 1917.

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