{"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/kjv/psalms/42","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T17:31:26.423Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":42,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":41,"nextChapter":43,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":11},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.} 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 meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where <i>is</i> thy God?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"When I remember these <i>things</i>, 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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and <i>why</i> art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him <i>for</i> the help of his countenance."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"<i>Yet</i> the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song <i>shall be</i> with me, <i>and</i> my 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":"<i>As</i> with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where <i>is</i> 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, <i>who is</i> the health of my countenance, and my God."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 42 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 42](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/42)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/42 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}