{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/42","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T19:26:36.108Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":42,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":41,"nextChapter":43,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":11},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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 For the help of his countenance."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Yet Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, Even a prayer unto the God of my life."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"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 help of my countenance, and my God."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 42 (ASV)","markdown":"[Psalms 42](https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/42)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/42 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}